RoboCupJunior: a vehicle for enhancing technical literacy.

Abstract

This paper outlines the key components of technical literacy, explaining their relationship to classic computer science and artificial intelligence curriculum. We then describe an inter-national educational initiative called RoboCupJunior and out-line related work examining the (human) learning aspects of educational team robotics. Through examples, we show how the RoboCupJunior paradigm has been used successfully as a hands-on tool for teaching computer science and AI courses, and finally bridge the gap from these classic topics to “techni-cal literacy”, exploring the use of RoboCupJunior as a vehicle for promoting comfort with and understanding of technology.