No fear: University of Minnesota robotics day camp introduces local youth to hands-on technologies

Kelly Cannon; Monica Anderson LaPoint; Nate Bird; Katie Panciera; Harini Veeraraghavan; Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos; Maria Gini

doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641738

No fear: University of Minnesota robotics day camp introduces local youth to hands-on technologies

Kelly Cannon, Monica Anderson LaPoint, Nate Bird, Katie Panciera, Harini Veeraraghavan, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Maria Gini

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Women and minorities are underrepresented in the IT field at the high school, university, and industry levels. Efforts to address this imbalance are often too late to solve underlying problems such as perceived ineptitude and actual inexperience. By designing and hosting a program for these underrepresented students in the middle grades, the Center for Distributed Robotics at the University of Minnesota hopes to establish a successful annual robotics day camp which will inspire both women and minorities to pursue careers in technology. Detailed accounts of the goals and methodology are provided. Initial survey results reveal a very positive response from the campers as well as strengths and weaknesses which will be useful in designing or refining similar camps.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
Pages	363-368
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641738
State	Published - Dec 27 2006
Event	2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: May 15 2006 → May 19 2006

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Volume	2006
ISSN (Print)	1050-4729

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Other	2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	5/15/06 → 5/19/06

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Cannon, K., LaPoint, M. A., Bird, N., Panciera, K., Veeraraghavan, H., Papanikolopoulos, N., & Gini, M. (2006). No fear: University of Minnesota robotics day camp introduces local youth to hands-on technologies. In Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006 (pp. 363-368). Article 1641738 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation; Vol. 2006). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641738

No fear: University of Minnesota robotics day camp introduces local youth to hands-on technologies. / Cannon, Kelly; LaPoint, Monica Anderson; Bird, Nate et al.
Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006. 2006. p. 363-368 1641738 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation; Vol. 2006).

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Cannon, K, LaPoint, MA, Bird, N, Panciera, K, Veeraraghavan, H, Papanikolopoulos, N & Gini, M 2006, No fear: University of Minnesota robotics day camp introduces local youth to hands-on technologies. in Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006., 1641738, Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, vol. 2006, pp. 363-368, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006, Orlando, FL, United States, 5/15/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641738

Cannon K, LaPoint MA, Bird N, Panciera K, Veeraraghavan H, Papanikolopoulos N et al. No fear: University of Minnesota robotics day camp introduces local youth to hands-on technologies. In Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006. 2006. p. 363-368. 1641738. (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation). doi: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641738

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