What is it about?

This paper reports the design and development process of an artistic robot by a team of five engineering and design students from Belgian, Finland, Poland, Romania and Scotland. To contribute to this goal, the team designed and assembled GraphBot, a voice commanded drawing robot prototype, following the EPS@ISEP process. In addition, the team specified their target as young children and, in particular girls, and stated that their motivation was to introduce young generations to the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In terms of outcomes, this project is expected to go beyond the boundaries of the traditional development of scientific and technical competences, by providing the students with a holistic learning experience, fostering also the development of personal and inter-personal skills within a multidisciplinary and multicultural teamwork set-up.

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Why is it important?

The team goal was to introduce more girls to technology and engineering at an early age

Perspectives

GraphBot could evolve to support reconfiguration and customisation, allowing children to change the code and define customised commands.

Professor Manuel F Silva
Porto Polytechnic

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This page is a summary of: Artistic Robot – An EPS@ISEP 2016 Project, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50337-0_20.
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