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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 19