The Roberta ® Initiative

Abstract

Abstract—This paper gives a short overview of the Roberta Initiative – an approach to raise especially but not only girls´ interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Roberta comes with a didactic concept that uses robot construction kits in combination with a specialized didactic material and course format. Roberta teacher trainings and a European dissemination network are integral parts of the Roberta Initiative in order to establish a sustainable activity to raise girls ´ interest in technical topics and in the end the portion of female engineers in Europe. Keywords-component; educational robotics, robot construction kits, robot courses, teacher training Ι.