Carmen R. Faria Santos
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Carmen R. Faria Santos is a leading researcher in educational robotics, with a primary focus on making robotics accessible to primary and secondary school students. Her work centers on developing free, open-source simulation tools that lower the barriers to entry for young learners, particularly those from under-resourced schools. Her most influential paper, "Junior Soccer Simulation: Providing all Primary and Secondary Students Access to Educational Robotics" (2015, 15 citations), demonstrates how robot soccer competitions can serve as a powerful motivational tool in STEM education. Building on this, she created the RoSoS simulator (2016, 6 citations), a free and open-source platform that allows students to program and test robot behaviors without requiring expensive hardware. Santos’s major contribution lies in democratizing access to robotics education, ensuring that students from all backgrounds can engage with computational thinking and engineering concepts. Her work has been recognized for its practical impact on classroom pedagogy, and she continues to advocate for inclusive, simulation-based approaches that prepare the next generation of innovators.
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