• The acclaimed Czech • The word “Robotics” was

playwright Karel Capek (1890-

1938) made the first use of the first used in Runaround, a
word “robot”, from the Czech short story published in
word for forced labor or serf. 1942 by Isaac Asimov.

• It was introcuded into his play

R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal • The first robot written by
Robots), which opened in Asimov was a
Prague in January 1921 robotherapist.

• It offers specific benefits to workers, industries and
countries
• It can improve the quality of life by freeing workers
from dirty, boring, dangerous and heavy labor.
• The industry benefits from it through the improved
management control, productivity, and consistent
production of high quality products
• it can greatly reduce the costs of manufactured
goods
• It is increasingly becoming useful to the
industries and society as a whole
• It can handle nuclear and radioactive
chemicals for many different uses such
as weapons, power plants,
environmental cleanup and the
processing of certain medicines

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• It performs many tasks that are tedious and
hazardous such as welding or janitorial work
Career in Robotics
• In the industry, robotics is extensively used in
the assembly line
• The technology has various applications in
manufacturing and in space exploration where
minimum maintenance requirements are
needed.

Robotics in the Philippine Schools

• It is being taught in some science high schools

in the country but not included in the curriculum
Robotics for Young Students of the regular secondary schools.

• The participation of the Philippines in the FIRST

Robotics Competition (FRC) Hawaii Regional in
March 2009 opened our eyes to the potential of
our students in the field of robotics

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 Robotics in the Philippine Schools

• The Philippines garnered the Rookie All-Star

• To be able to further raise the interests of our
and Highest Rookie Seed Awards. The
students in the fields of science, technology,
achievement qualified us to the FRC
and robotics, the SEI-DOST, in cooperation with
Championship in Atlanta, Georgia.
the National Organizing Committee, which is
• Though no award was received in the composed of engineering experts from DLSU,
championship, the experience has made a dent UP Diliman, and PCASTRD-DOST, is
on its relevance as a field that should be organizing the 1st Pambansang Tagisan ng
included and emphasized in the curriculum of Robotics (PTR).
Philippine schools

Inspired by the winnings of

the Philippine Team in the
FIRST Robotics Competition
held in Hawaii…………..

………….where students are

challenged to build robots and
play in a robotics game
originally designed by top
robotics experts in the country

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• To help the students develop their logical
and systematic thinking skills as they plan
and build robots within a timeframe; and
• To widen the youth’s view in the
application of S&T, improve their learning
efficiency, and encourage them to be
future scientists, engineers and inventors.
Grand Prize
Cash and Medals for
Alliance/Team Members & Coach
Trophy for the School
Registration fee for FRC-USA
• Open to all PSHS campuses, science high
schools, S&T-oriented high schools-public &
private)
• One team per school
• Teams to look for sponsors
• Registration to include a common kit of parts for
each school team
• Game kick-off
• Actual competition to be held in Manila
• Option to join the FIRST Robotics Competition
Regional Event*
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