Robotics in STEM education: A multiperspective strategy case study

Abstract

The widespread availability and prevalence of such platforms as Arduino, LEGO Mindstorms, Raspberry Pi, and auxiliary electronic plug- and-play modules and shields enable students to enter rapidly into different aspects of robotics design and prototyping. Nevertheless, a significant part of in-class robotics related activities at the current level of technological development has naturally shifted towards coding, placing a large part of fundamental issues to the background. While at the professional level this situation can be regarded as natural, given the complexity of tasks a modern robot supposed to perform, whereas at the introductory level, this approach appears to be as unreasonably one-sided, hiding much of inter-, multidisciplinary connections and basic fundamentals. From this perspective, the work provides an example of how the modern customary instruments, usually used in robotics classes could be supported through the use of additional means to preserve and cultivate its’ truly multidisciplinary character and mindset