BALAM Educational Robotics in Guatemala
Guatemala ● Population: ~18M (Country) ~4M (Metro) ● Area - 108,889 km2 ● Multicultural country ● Natural bridge between the Americas and with access to both seas (Atlantic & Pacific) ● Becoming a Tech Hub for the Americas ● “The Land of the Eternal Spring”
Universidad Galileo ● Born in 2,000 as a University ● Started as FISICC (Engineering Faculty) - 40 years ● 40,000+ students ● One Central Campus and various regional offices ● Consider the Tech University in Guatemala ● Projects with EU (JELARE, ENLACE, ALFA III, H2020, ERASMUS+) & USAID
FISICC ● 5 Engineering Programs ● 4 PhD Programs & 1 more pending ● Various university agreements ● TTO (Recently opened) ○ FREE Network - Eramus+ Project ● FabLab in process (Help me!)
BALAM PHASE 1 LEARN
Main Goal Teach students and teachers about fundamentals in a virtual environment : ● CAD ● Robotics ● Electronics ● Coding
Data Facts (1) ● 2100+ participants ○ MOOC ● 210+ educational institutions ● 25% women participation ● 5% teachers & 95% students
BALAM PHASE 2 CREATE
Main Goal Make students and teachers create something real with: ● Robot chassis ● Electronics (Sensors, actuators & BLE) ● 3D Printers ● Embedded platform ● Coding
Data Facts ● Virtual Bootcamps Virtuales (Facebook Live) ● Bootcamps ● Forum ● Engineering students volunteered
BALAM PHASE 3 COMPETE
Future Works ● Write a paper about this 4 year research work ● SoA relating soft skills to Robotics ○ Do more research in this area! ● Creating a low-cost educational robot platform ● Central American Project in the next 2 years ● Europe & American Project in the next 5 years
Dr. Oscar Rodas Universidad Galileo oscar@galileo.edu
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