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EDLRIS:EuropeanDrivingLicense forRobotsandIntelligentSystems
ManuelMenzinger,MartinKandlhofer,GeraldSteinbauer
GrazUniversityofTechnology
{menzinger,kandlhofer,steinbauer}@ist.tugraz.at
RonaldBieber,WilfriedBaumann,MargitEhardt-Schmiederer
AustrianComputerSocietyOCG
{ronald.bieber,wilfried.baumann,margit.ehardt-schmiederer}@ocg.at
ThomasWinkler
UniversityofTeacherEducationBurgenland
thomas.winkler@virtuelle-ph.at
Abstract. EDLRIS is a professional and standard-
ized system for training and certifying people in fun-
damental topics of Robotics and Artificial Intelli-
gence. Itwasdeveloped, implementedandevaluated
within the course of an international 3-year project.
This paper provides an overview of goals, methodol-
ogy, training modules and preliminary results of the
EDLRISproject.
1. Introduction
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have a
big impacton theworkingworldandonpeople’sev-
eryday life. Anincreasingnumberof jobsare related
to Robotics and AI, resulting in a strong demand for
well-trained people in these areas. In order to foster
a solid understanding of sociopolitical, economical
and technical aspects it is important to teach funda-
mental Robotics and AI concepts already prior to, or
outside of university. Nevertheless, hardly any well-
founded teachingapproachesexist at themoment. In
ordertoaddressthischallenge, theEuropeanDriving
LicenseforRobotsandIntelligentSystems(EDLRIS)
was developed. It specifically focuses on teaching
fundamental concepts of Robotics and AI to trainers
(e.g. educators, teachers, mentors, ...) and trainees
(e.g. youngpeople,pupils,apprentices, ...) following
a train-the-trainer, blended-learningapproach [1].
2.RelatedWork
The project idea was inspired by the European
Computer Driving License (ECDL) [2]. A lot of Robotics and AI courses are held at undergraduate
or graduate level (e.g. [3]) but training and certify-
ingpeople in fundamental topicsofRobotics/AIout-
side university hardly exists. Several pre-university
approaches teach only selected or very basic topics
of Robotics/AI (e.g. [4]). In recent years, educa-
tionorganizationsstartedtodevelopAIcurriculaand
programs for a K-12 audience (e.g. Elements of AI
[5]). However, trainingandcertifyingtrainersaswell
as young people in fundamental Robotics/AI topics,
combiningface-to-faceandonline teachingunits -as
donebyEDLRIS- isquiteunique.
3.Methodology
The general approach of EDLRIS is based upon
following main stages: 1) preparation: conduct-
ing a pre-survey among stakeholders and establish-
ing an advisory board with representatives from in-
dustry and education; 2) development: developing
Robotics and AI training modules including a certi-
fication system to prove the acquired skills of train-
ers and trainees; 3) train the trainers: conducting
training courses and certifications for trainers (face-
to-face (f2f) and online teaching units); 4) train the
trainees: educating and certifying trainees by certi-
fied trainerswhoact asmultipliers;
EDLRIS comprises 4 modules: Robotics Ba-
sic/Advanced and AI Basic/Advanced. All modules
have a strong focus on hands-on activities and in-
clude practical tasks based on the principles of con-
structionism [6]. Basic modules focus on people
without any prior knowledge, aiming at building
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Joint Austrian Computer Vision and Robotics Workshop 2020
- Title
- Joint Austrian Computer Vision and Robotics Workshop 2020
- Editor
- Graz University of Technology
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-85125-752-6
- Size
- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Pages
- 188
- Categories
- Informatik
- Technik