CNS1042341 Using Robotics with the Arduino Uno for Education in STEM Abstract Methodology Review Why use the Arduino? Robot Construction • The use of the workshops on K12 and Undergraduate students to determine its effectiveness in attracting students to STEM • Revising the workshops in Conclusion • The skills developed throughout the projects increase the knowledge of the students in the different areas of STEM as they work both theory and practice [3]. • The combined use of references and the practical research proved to be effective in finding and developing new approaches for the use of robotics in STEM [2]. • The effectiveness of using robotics in education depends on various factors [2]: • The methods used for teaching [2]. • The knowledge and level of understanding and skill of the instructor [2]. • The subjects in the areas of STEM presented in the use of robotics [2][3][7]. References Future Work Sponsors [1] F. V. 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D.(mentor) [email protected] Computer Science Department [email protected] Constructed Robot The following figure illustrates the concepts that students will learn throughout the development of these workshops. The objective of this research work is to explore Arduino as a platform for education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Effective ideas of how to use robotics with Arduino to attract K 12 and undergraduate students to the different areas of STEM will be presented. The effectiveness of utilizing the Arduino platform for robotics and embedded systems will be determined through research work and the use of references. Various simple electronics projects were developed using the Arduino Uno. These simple projects were created with the purpose of developing a better understanding of the different concepts and devices that are used while working with the Arduino platform and with robotics. All of these projects have progression, utilizing the concepts learned in the previous work to complete the next one. Programming, design and basic electronics skills are developed by working throughout the progression of these different projects. The final prototype for this research work would cover the culmination of each individual concept learned in the smaller projects to design, develop, and construct a working autonomous robot. Workshops were created based on the work and progression used in these projects. These workshops will be used by high school students and undergraduate students in our future work to determine whether the presented strategy impacts the students' perspective on computer science and on robotics by having them take pre and postevaluation tests. Learn whether if the changes are positive, as found in our references, or not, and listen to the the students' opinions on their experience and their attitudes towards careers in STEM. With these results we would be able to find our own empirical evidence in our future research project. Arduino Projects and Workshops The description of the projects, and the various concepts learn throughout their development: For the creation of the last project with the Arduino, we combine the concepts learned in all of the previous projects in order to achieve an autonomous robot. Fig. 1 Methodology for Workshops Fig. 2 Arduino Uno Microprocessor Chosen Platform Fig. 3 Benefits of using Arduino Fig. 4 Arduino Projects and Descriptions Fig. 6 Final Robot Prototype The Arduino Uno platform was chosen because of its various advantages: Fig. 5 Methodology of the projects