Educational robots in preschool education

Abstract

Along with robot technology development, researchers and educators have employed robots to support the education. This paper gives an overview of using robots in education, describes the types of robots used in preschool education and the experience of utilizing robots in preschooler’s everyday life - how successfully they learn, collaborate, share information, and master the basic concepts of programming as direct users of educational robots. Crucial importance is attached to robots that use tangible elements, objects that are visually accessible and offer to the young students an opportunity to manipulate.