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Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 829 Wilfried Lepuschitz · Munir Merdan Gottfried Koppensteiner Richard Balogh · David Obdržálek Editors Robotics in Education Methods and Applications for Teaching and Learning Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Volume 829 Series editor Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland e-mail: [email protected] The series “Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing” contains publications on theory, applications, and design methods of Intelligent Systems and Intelligent Computing. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information science, ICT, economics, business,e-commerce,environment,healthcare,lifesciencearecovered.Thelistoftopicsspansallthe areasofmodernintelligentsystemsandcomputingsuchas:computationalintelligence,softcomputing includingneuralnetworks,fuzzysystems,evolutionarycomputingandthefusionoftheseparadigms, social intelligence, ambient intelligence, computational neuroscience, artificial life, virtual worlds and society, cognitive science and systems, Perception and Vision, DNA and immune based systems, self-organizing and adaptive systems, e-Learning and teaching, human-centered and human-centric computing, recommender systems, intelligent control, robotics and mechatronics including human-machine teaming,knowledge-based paradigms,learning paradigms,machineethics,intelligent data analysis, knowledge management, intelligent agents, intelligent decision making and support, intelligentnetworksecurity,trustmanagement,interactiveentertainment,Webintelligenceandmultimedia. Thepublicationswithin“AdvancesinIntelligentSystemsandComputing”areprimarilyproceedings ofimportantconferences,symposiaandcongresses.Theycoversignificantrecentdevelopmentsinthe field,bothofafoundationalandapplicablecharacter.Animportantcharacteristicfeatureoftheseriesis theshortpublicationtimeandworld-widedistribution.Thispermitsarapidandbroaddisseminationof researchresults. AdvisoryBoard Chairman NikhilR.Pal,IndianStatisticalInstitute,Kolkata,India e-mail:[email protected] Members RafaelBelloPerez,UniversidadCentral“MartaAbreu”deLasVillas,SantaClara,Cuba e-mail:[email protected] EmilioS.Corchado,UniversityofSalamanca,Salamanca,Spain e-mail:[email protected] HaniHagras,UniversityofEssex,Colchester,UK e-mail:[email protected] LászlóT.Kóczy,SzéchenyiIstvánUniversity,Győr,Hungary e-mail:[email protected] VladikKreinovich,UniversityofTexasatElPaso,ElPaso,USA e-mail:[email protected] Chin-TengLin,NationalChiaoTungUniversity,Hsinchu,Taiwan e-mail:[email protected] JieLu,UniversityofTechnology,Sydney,Australia e-mail:[email protected] PatriciaMelin,TijuanaInstituteofTechnology,Tijuana,Mexico e-mail:[email protected] NadiaNedjah,StateUniversityofRiodeJaneiro,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil e-mail:[email protected] NgocThanhNguyen,WroclawUniversityofTechnology,Wroclaw,Poland e-mail:[email protected] JunWang,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong,Shatin,HongKong e-mail:[email protected] Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttp://www.springer.com/series/11156 Wilfried Lepuschitz Munir Merdan (cid:129) Gottfried Koppensteiner Richard Balogh (cid:129) žá David Obdr lek Editors Robotics in Education Methods and Applications for Teaching and Learning 123 Editors Wilfried Lepuschitz Richard Balogh Practical Robotics Institute Austria (PRIA) SlovakUniversity of Technology (STU) Vienna,Austria Bratislava, Slovakia Munir Merdan DavidObdržálek Practical Robotics Institute Austria (PRIA) CharlesUniversity Vienna,Austria Prague,Czech Republic Gottfried Koppensteiner Practical Robotics Institute Austria (PRIA) Vienna,Austria ISSN 2194-5357 ISSN 2194-5365 (electronic) Advances in Intelligent Systems andComputing ISBN978-3-319-97084-4 ISBN978-3-319-97085-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97085-1 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2018952057 ©SpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG2019 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission orinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface We are glad to present the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE) held in Qawra, St. Paul’s Bay, Malta, during April 18–20, 2018. RiE is organizedeveryyear with thegoalto provide the opportunity for the presentation of relevant novel research and development in a strongly multidisciplinary context in the educational robotics domain. Educational robotics is an innovative way of increasing the attractiveness of science education and scientific careers in the view of young people. Robotics representsamultidisciplinaryandhighlyinnovativedomainencompassingphysics, mathematics,informatics,andevenindustrialdesignaswellassocialsciences.Asa multidisciplinary field, it promotes the development of systems thinking and problem solving. Due to various application areas, teamwork, creativity, and entrepreneurial skills are required for the design, programming, and innovative exploitation of robots and robotic services. The fascination for autonomous machinesandthevarietyoffieldsandtopicscoveredmakeroboticsapowerfulidea to engage with. Robotics confronts the learners with the areas of science, tech- nology,engineering,arts,andmathematics(STEAM)throughthedesign,creation, and programming of tangible artifacts for creating personally meaningful objects and addressing real-world societal needs. Thus, young girls and boys can easily connectrobotstotheirpersonalinterestsandsharetheirideas.Asaconsequence,it isregardedasverybeneficialifengineeringschoolsanduniversityprogramstudies includetheteachingofboththeoreticalandpracticalknowledgeonrobotics.Inthis context, currentcurricula need to be improved and new didactic approaches for an innovativeeducationneedtobedevelopedforimprovingtheSTEAMskillsamong young people. Moreover, an exploration of the multidisciplinary potential of roboticstowardaninnovativelearningapproachisrequiredforfosteringthepupils’ and students’ creativity leading to collaborative entrepreneurial, industrial, and research careers. In these proceedings, we present methods and applications for teaching and learninginthefieldofeducationalrobotics.Thebookoffersinsightsintothelatest research, developments, and results regarding curricula, activities, and their eval- uation.Moreover,thebookintroducesinterestingprogrammingapproachesaswell v vi Preface as new applications, technologies, systems, and components for educational robotics. The presented applications cover the whole educative range, from ele- mentary school to high school, college, university, and beyond, for continuing education and possibly outreach and workforce development. In total, 45 papers weresubmittedand27papersarenowpartoftheseproceedingsafteracarefulpeer review process. We would like to express our thanks to all authors who submitted papers toRiE 2018,andour congratulations tothose whose papers were accepted. This publication would not have been possible without the support of the RiE International Program Committee and the conference Co-Chairs. We also wish to expressourgratitudetothevolunteerstudentsandstaffofthepartnerorganizations, which significantly contributed to the success of the conference. All of them deserve many thanks for having helped to attain the goal of providing a balanced eventwithahighlevelofscientificexchangeandapleasantenvironment.RiE2018 was supported by the eSkills Malta Foundation, for which we thankfully express ourgratitude.WeacknowledgetheuseoftheEasyChairconferencesystemforthe paper submission and review process. We would also like to thank Dr. Thomas Ditzinger, Parvathidevi Krishnan, Saranya Kalidoss, and Springer for providing continuous assistance and advice whenever needed. Organization Committee Co-chairpersons Richard Balogh Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia Angele Giuliano AcrossLimits, Malta Wilfried Lepuschitz Practical Robotics Institute Austria, Austria David Obdržálek Charles University, Czech Republic International Program Committee Dimitris Alimisis EDUMOTIVA—European Lab for Educational Technology, UK Julian Angel-Fernandez Vienna University of Technology, Austria Ansgar Bredenfeld Dr. Bredenfeld UG, Germany Jenny Carter De Montfort University, Leicester, UK Dave Catlin Valiant Technology, UK G. Barbara Demo Dipartimento Informatica, Universita Torino, Italy Jean-Daniel Dessimoz UniversityofAppliedSciencesandArtsWestern Switzerland, Switzerland Nikleia Eteokleous Dept. of Educational Sciences, Frederick University Cyprus, Cyprus Hugo Ferreira Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal Paolo Fiorini University of Verona, Italy Carina Girvan Cardiff University, UK José Gonçalves Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal vii viii Organization Grzegorz Granosik Lodz University of Technology, Poland Marianthi Grizioti University of Athens, Greece Ivaylo Gueorguiev European Software Institute—Center Eastern Europe, Bulgaria Alexander Hofmann UniversityofAppliedSciencesTechnikumWien, Austria Martin Kandlhofer Graz University of Technology, Austria Boualem Kazed University of Blida, Algeria Gottfried Koppensteiner Practical Robotics Institute Austria, Austria Tomáš Krajník University of Lincoln, UK Miroslav Kulich Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Chronis Kynigos University of Athens, Greece Lara Lammer Vienna University of Technology, Austria Andrej Lúčny Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia Martin Mellado Instituto ai2, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Munir Merdan Practical Robotics Institute Austria, Austria Michele Moro University of Padova, Italy Margus Pedaste University of Tartu, Estonia Pavel Petrovič Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia Alfredo Pina Public University of Navarra, Spain João Machado Santos University of Lincoln, UK Fritz Schmöllebeck UniversityofAppliedSciencesTechnikumWien, Austria Dietmar Schreiner Vienna University of Technology, Austria Ugo Solitro University of Verona, Italy Roland Stelzer INNOC—Austrian Society for Innovative Computer Sciences, Austria Pavel Varbanov European Software Institute—Center Eastern Europe, Bulgaria Markus Vincze Vienna University of Technology, Austria Igor M. Verner Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Francis Wyffels Ghent University, Belgium Nikoleta Yiannoutsou University of Athens, Greece Local Conference Organization Annalise Duca AcrossLimits, Malta Kerry Freeman AcrossLimits, Malta Munir Merdan Practical Robotics Institute Austria, Austria Organization ix Sponsors eSkills Malta Foundation
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