Experts say robotics education will change the way children learn, giving them the skills they need to succeed in a future where AI and robotics have become an integral part of life. ing.
Written by Zhou Yilan
DALLAS, USA, May 11 (Xinhua) — A small robot runs around the field, turns back and forth, quickly moves from left to right, picks up a tri-ball, a triangle-shaped ball, and moves it into the field. I let it happen. Reach the net goal zone, climb onto the pole and be lifted vertically off the field.
Amazingly, everything was completed within 2 minutes and with great speed and accuracy.
Students at the AI Robotics Academy in Plano, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, were rehearsing a global robotics competition project for the 2024 VEX World Robotics Championship, which concluded in Dallas on May 3.
Rather than retelling the sophisticated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) thematic knowledge that students learn in the classroom, afterschool clubs provide robotics learners with an inspirational, realistic We teach students to find the origins of knowledge and theory through exploration. “It's a test and an experiment,” the club's head coach Kan Xu told Xinhua.
Robotics education helps students understand other similar devices around them, Xu said.
“They look at what sensors and electric motors do and how they work in real life,” he added. “We provide 3D printers and drawing tools so students can design and draw anytime, anywhere.”
Through small contests and games incorporated into the coaching process, children gradually progress and complete target tasks.
At his club, Xu said training can be one-on-one or teamwork, depending on the level of understanding. Coaching time varies from 2 hours per week to 6+ hours per week.
According to Xu, robot education is becoming increasingly popular in the United States.
In recent years, public and private schools and professional clubs across the country seem to be putting more effort into robot education after class.
With government funding, coaches in U.S. public schools lead, supervise, and organize extracurricular activities. Private clubs and schools raise their own funds and set goals for students of all ages, from elementary school to high school.
Similarly, innovation stations, mobile classrooms equipped with 3D printers and other equipment designed to make STEM education more accessible to students, are booming across U.S. schools, Xu said. says. She believes this trend could help her establish interdisciplinary connections to leverage talent of all ages in learning AI robotics.
Additionally, over the past 30 years, numerous state and local competitions, as well as open games held across the United States, have all helped robotics learners showcase their accomplishments.
For example, the annual VEX World Robotics Championship, sponsored by NASA, the US Air Force, Microsoft, Google, Tesla, and many other big American companies, has already been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest robotics competition.
Mr. Xu was very excited that AI Robotics Academy was crowned Skills World Champion during the championship. “This means a lot to our team,” Xu said.
In addition to the VEX tournament, FIRST Robotics Competition's series of high school competitions at the state, national and international levels are widely recognized as an important factor in students' admission to U.S. universities, Xu said.
He added that winning the award is a testament to the students' STEM skills and knowledge.
Experts say robotics education will change the way children learn, giving them the skills they need to succeed in a future where AI and robotics have become an integral part of life. ing.
According to ResearchAndMarkets.com, the huge presence of educational robot manufacturers, smart device manufacturers, and cloud service providers and the high adoption rate of advanced technologies such as robots by educational robot manufacturers, smart device manufacturers, and cloud service providers. As a result, there is a high demand for education technology solutions and services in North America. Schools and educational institutions.
In the future, local observers said children could learn how to design, build and play with robots from educational robots.■