Participation in Robotics Competition as Motivation for Learning1

Abstract

Motivation for learning is a central problem in a modern university, since motivation is a source of activity; it performs an urging function and brings sense into education process. This article describes the influence of the robotics competitions on the student's interest in more profound knowledge of control theory and computer science. The meaning of the proposed method is to create such terms of the education process, which provide a struggle between groups of students and such competition involves equal participation for each of them.