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Fleas, Caterpillars and Cockroaches: A Summer School in Bio-inspired Robotics

Harbird, R; Barbareschi, G; Makrygianni, E; Holloway, C; Hailes, S; (2017) Fleas, Caterpillars and Cockroaches: A Summer School in Bio-inspired Robotics. In: Sgouropoulou, C and Stracke, C.M. and Xenos, M, (eds.) Proceedings of 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON). IEEE: Athens, Greece. Green open access

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Abstract

There is no doubt that the coming decades will see a continued increase in the application of robotics in our daily lives. It is vital that we encourage more young people to pursue careers in STEM fields and in particular, robotics. Universities can play their part by running events that allow participants to explore the field of robotics through hands-on projects. In this paper our experiences in designing and running a bio-inspired robotics summer school for young women is described. The summer school was successful and we have made the teaching and learning materials available for others to use.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Fleas, Caterpillars and Cockroaches: A Summer School in Bio-inspired Robotics
Event: 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
Dates: 25 April 2017 - 28 April 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-5090-5467-1
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942948
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942948
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Engineering Education, Educational robots, STEM, Pre-college programs
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Engineering Science Faculty Office
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1556326
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