Abstract
In this paper we introduce a novel robotics education concept entitled roboterfabrik. This approach is already implemented as a pilot project in the German educational system. Overall, we promote establishing the first generation of robotic natives. For this we need to provide both practical and theoretical experience in robotics to young people and give them access to state-of-the art, high performance yet affordable industrial robotic technology. Specifically, our approach systematically connects different existing school types, universities as well as companies. It comprises specialized lectures at the university, certified workshops and Robothons which are derived from the hackathon concept, and modified to the demand of roboticists.
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“roboterfabrik” is the literal German translation for “robot factory”. More information can be found on the project website https://www.roboterfabrik.uni-hannover.de.
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Further impressions of various events and Robothons can be found at https://www.roboterfabrik.uni-hannover.de.
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We would like to sincerely thank the Region Hannover for their generous funding of the project roboterfabrik. We would also like to give special thanks to Reinhard Biederbeck from Region Hannover, Torsten Temmeyer from IHK Hannover, the teachers from the regional vocational schools BBS ME and BBS Neustadt for their support in creating the certification of the workshops. Special thanks go to Ina May from Roberta RegioZentrum Hannover and the participating pupils and students for active engagement and continuous valuable feedback.
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Haddadin, S. et al. (2019). roboterfabrik: A Pilot to Link and Unify German Robotics Education to Match Industrial and Societal Demands. In: Lepuschitz, W., Merdan, M., Koppensteiner, G., Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 829. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97085-1_1
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