The experience of implementing the Intercollegiate Educational Robotics Olympiad within the framework of the Training of Trainers in Vulnerable Areas Project in Costa Rica

Abstract

This article presents the experience of conducting the Intercollegiate Robotics Olympiad in 2017, as a result of the implementation of the project of the School of Computing of the National University of Costa Rica (UNA), called Trainers in Robotics for Colleges in Vulnerable Areas, which is developed jointly with the Costa Rican Institute of Drugs (ICD) and the Ministry of Public Education (MEP). In addition, the challenges developed by the executors of the project and the results obtained by the benefited students who participated in this event are announced. This is an inter-institutional project of Costa Rica, which is aimed at preparing instructors in the area of robotics at the secondary level, so that they can train their students in vulnerable regions of Costa Rica. In order to give their students the opportunity to occupy their free time in positive activities.