Consumer robots and robotic devices are developed for use by the general public, mostly in a domestic or personal environment.
Many of them are designed for everyday chores such as cleaning or carrying luggage.
Robots used for gaming or entertainment purposes also fall into this category, as do wearable robots and robotic devices.
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RoboDidactics
The goal of Robotics project RoboDidactics is getting children interested in science again. The project aims to accomplish this by increasing technological knowledge in the EU and spreading it through an international network of schools.
Summer course 'Caring robots'
A two week course in robotics, Caring Robots, was developed with the goal of exploring the future of robotics in healthcare. Students focus on learning for one week, then cooperate to try and develop something new for the world of caring robots to help…
Lil'Bot Project
Lil’bot project by Chris Hakim is a low-cost, open-source robotics project to develop a balancing robot that can be used to introduce children to robot programming. Lil'Bot is easy to program using a visually based programming language and can express…
RoboParty
RoboParty is a pedagogical/educational project that aims at teaching young people how to build mobile autonomous robots. The RoboCup games are used to organize the RoboParty event to educate young people about the basics of robotics in a simple and entertaining…
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