A student demonstrates a soccer-playing robot at the RoboCub Jr. STEM Professional Development training at the Student Union Memorial Center.
Students Program Soccer-Playing Robots with Help of UA Professor
UA Engineering researcher Ricardo Valerdi, a professor in the department of systems and industrial engineering, teaches engineering principles to middle school students by showing them how to build autonomous soccer-playing robots.
Exemplifying the “E” in STEM, Ricardo Valerdi, a UA professor in the department of systems and industrial engineering, has brought a new, hands-on way to encourage science, technology, engineering and math in classrooms across Tucson.
Through the RoboCup Junior STEM program, students at three middle schools in the Sunnyside School District will have the chance to build and program their own soccer-playing robots. Ultimately, they will use these robots to compete in the RoboCup Junior Tournament at the Children’s Museum Tucson on June 30.
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