CMU launches robot-based CS-STEM Program
July 15, 2010 at 10:38 am 2 comments
CMU won the DARPA award to address the “geek shortage” that was discussed in Wired magazine a few months ago. I had heard that they were going to use their RobotC language, but instead it sounds like they’re going to extend Alice. That’s promising! Looking forward to see what they produce!
A new four-year, $7 million educational initiative by Carnegie Mellon University will leverage students’ innate interest in robots and other forms of “hard fun” to increase U.S. enrollments in computer science and steer more young people into scientific and technological careers.
The initiative, called Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE), is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and designed to reverse a significant national decline in the number of college students majoring in computer science, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (CS-STEM).
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sethrahul | August 18, 2011 at 3:29 am
Can anyone please direct me to any studies/white papers on the benefits of robotics education in schools?