Educational features of Malaysian robot contest

The educational experiences from robot contest of entry, junior and advance level are presented based on guided constructionism approach in education that combines hands on guidance with hands-on experience. The aim of the competition as a whole are to allow the student to (i) conceptualise the robo...

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Main Authors: Shafie, Amir Akramin, Baharum, Zalinda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer -Verlag 2004
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/1141/
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Summary:The educational experiences from robot contest of entry, junior and advance level are presented based on guided constructionism approach in education that combines hands on guidance with hands-on experience. The aim of the competition as a whole are to allow the student to (i) conceptualise the robot (ii) manage the non-deterministic characteristic of the environment and (iii)manage integrated hardware and software development projects. Indeed with this knowledge the student should be able to win a number of international robot tournaments.