Latin America. Robotics is a science or branch of technology, which studies the design and construction of machines capable of performing tasks performed by humans or that require the use of intelligence. Robotics combines sciences such as mathematics, computer science, engineering and others, and can be applied in countless fields, from medicine to aerospace navigation.
But robotics can also be very useful in everyday life. There are those inside the classrooms supporting the little ones in their learning, the welding robots of the automotive industry to those designed to assist children and the elderly.
Samsung Electronics, from its Corporate Citizenship Management, sees education as the main engine for the development of society. To do this, people, excellence, change, integrity and technology have allowed it to approach society by promoting new learning possibilities based on innovation and the use of technology as a tool to solve problems within communities.
Challenging knowledge
During the first quarter of 2019, Samsung promoted the APPrenderé programming contest in schools and centers in the region that participate in its educational programs, to encourage the formation and maintenance of programming and robotics clubs.
The contest will be held in 6 countries in the region – Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Honduras – where the technology clubs were implemented. In total, 19 robotics clubs and 15 programming clubs were created throughout the region.
The contest is held in each country during the second quarter of the year, to challenge students participating in the clubs to program using the Scratch Jr. language. The idea is that they can create interactive stories – illustrated and animated – with content related to mathematics, language or natural sciences.
In Ecuador, by having only one school participating, an adaptation will be developed for this contest that will be called "Robot Challenge", and will aim to challenge students by assigning them a challenge to solve using their skills on robotics. "Robot Challenge" is developed in conjunction with the Nobis Foundation.
