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Robotics competitions are a great tool to address challenging tasks, encouraging young people to be active in STEM and developing a complimentary essential skill set in management, teamwork and complex problem solving. This paper presents the experience of a team of undergraduate students participating in a marine robotics competition, receiving the Best Rookie Award. It also outlines lesson learned about embedding robotics field competitions in an undergraduate program.
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At the time of the competition, the university name was Jacobs University Bremen. It officially changed its name in January 2023.
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Maurelli, F., Pradhan, N.M.S., Costanzi, R. (2023). BlackPearl: The Impact of a Marine Robotics Competition on a Class of International Undergraduate Students. In: Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D., Christoforou, E. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 747. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38454-7_35
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