Publications
Effects of Summer Robotics Activities in Libraries on Children’s Interest in Robotics and STEM Career
2024
As technology advances and the demand for STEM workers grows, libraries are adapting by offering robotics education for children. However, limited research exists on robotics programs in public libraries, and evaluation methods for informal STEM learning are inadequate. This pilot study assessed the impact of summer robotics activities in UK public libraries on children’s interest in robotics, STEM, and related careers. Eighty-one children from Leeds participated in eight sessions. Results showed a significant increase in robotics interest. The study highlights the need for better evaluation tools and further research in this area.
Skills and Education for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence – 2nd Volume
2024
The booklet highlights the urgency to prepare the UK workforce to adapt to advancements in robotics and AI. It emphasises scalable educational interventions, presents outcomes from the ERISE study on STEM career attitudes, and showcases successful global initiatives in robotics education.
Skills and Education for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
2023
The booklet examines the transformative effects of robotics and AI on industry and society. It highlights the SERAS initiative’s efforts to reskill the workforce, train managers, and promote diversity in STEM education.
Preparing the Workforce for 2030: Skills and Education for Robotics & Autonomous Systems
2021
The major robotics white paper, published by the EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS), highlights how robotics and autonomous systems are at the heart of the 4th industrial revolution currently transforming industry and jobs, and the urgent need to prepare the UK’s workforce to work with these technologies.
Skills and Education for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (SERAI)
2018
A report for Sheffield Robotics and the University of Sheffield, Skills & Education for Robotics & AI, SERAI, examines the opportunities offered to the UK economy by Industry 4.0 – robotics, AI, the Internet of Things and associated technologies – in terms of productivity, potential national prosperity, and progressive social and economic change.
SERAI Network 