Simulators in Educational Robotics

A Review

Bibliographic Data

ID22043454
AuthorsSokratis Tselegkaridis (0000-0003-0825-0787, International Hellenic University), Theodosios Sapounidis (0000-0002-0763-2516, International Hellenic University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume11
Issue1
Pages11
Publication date2021-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/educsci11010011
OpenAlexW3118819803
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited27

Educational robotics (ER) seems to have a positive effect on students and, in many cases, might help them to successfully assimilate knowledge and skills. Thus, this paper focuses on ER and carries out a literature review on educational robotics simulators with Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). The review searches for relevant papers which were published in the period 2013–2020 and extracted the characteristics of the simulators used. The simulators that we describe in this article cover various robotic technologies, offering students an easy way to engage with virtual robots and robotics mechanisms, such as wheeled robots or drones. Using these simulators, students might cover their educational needs or prepare themselves for educational robotic competitions by working in as realistic as possible conditions without hardware restrictions. In many cases, simulators might reduce the required cost to obtain a robotic system and increase availability. Focusing on educational robotics simulators, this paper presents seventeen simulators emphasizing key features such as: user’s age, robot’s type and programming language, development platform, capabilities, and scope of the simulator

Educational robotics · Human–computer interaction · Multimedia · Programming language · Robot · Robotic paradigms · Robotics · Computer Science · Experimental Learning in Engineering · Software Testing and Debugging Techniques · Teaching and Learning Programming · Artificial Intelligence

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