Robotics, education, and sustainable development

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 4248-4253

  Bernardine Dias, M ^a   Ayorkor Mills Tettey, G ^a   Nanayakkara, Thrishantha ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Development; Education; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES; EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES; EMPOWERMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33846156530     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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