Comau Academy’s educational robotics laboratories arrive in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, in collaboration with GDF Group, a company specializing in the design and programming of robotic plants, technical assistance and dedicated training.
The initiative, which started last year as part of the Starbot training project, initially involved a small number of students. Given the positive results, a new project was presented for the 2023–2024 school cycle. To date, around 400 teachers in more than 200 Mexican schools, from primary to secondary, have been trained in the 14 training courses, allowing students to take part in an approach to robotic programming and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects led with the support of Comau’s e.DO educational robot.
In particular, Comau provided GDF Group with 24 e.DO robots to be installed in the schools’ teaching laboratories and 400 e.DO Cubes for remote training, including educational packages and training for facilitators who follow student classes on-site.
The e.DO Learning Labs have enabled children and teenagers (8–18 years old) living in various locations in Yucatán, including rural or disadvantaged areas, to deepen their study of technical-scientific disciplines by experiencing the experiential, digital and innovative teaching promoted by the Comau Academy’s e.DO Experience platform. Through the use of its educational tools, the Comau Academy demonstrates the company’s commitment to predicting future training needs and creating innovative and inclusive educational projects.
“The project launched with GDF Group confirms the interest of schools in the educational potential of robotics and the value of the innovative teaching developed by the Comau Academy. We are proud to see how the synergy between technology and training, promoted by the e.DO Experience, leads to the development of effective, engaging and highly inspiring training programs for young people in Italy – where they were launched – as well as in new countries”.
Stefano Pesce, Business Education and Comau Academy Manager