Liquid-handling Lego robots and experiments for STEM education and research

• Published in: PLoS biology Vol. 15; no. 3; p. e2001413
• Main Authors: Gerber, Lukas C., Calasanz-Kaiser, Agnes, Hyman, Luke, Voitiuk, Kateryna, Patil, Uday, Riedel-Kruse, Ingmar H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 21.03.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abbreviations; Accuracy; Adolescents; Alzheimer's disease; Automation; Automation, Laboratory; Bioengineering; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Buildings; Case studies; Children; Collection; Competition; Computer and Information Sciences; Computer programming; Computers; Construction standards; Creativity; Data acquisition; Data collection; Data processing; Design; Design analysis; Education; Educational aspects; Engineering; Engineering and Technology; Engineering education; Equipment and supplies; Ethics; Experiments; Funding; Homing; Human performance; Human subjects; Integration; Learning; Life sciences; Mathematics education; Mechanical engineering; Methods; Modules; Motor task performance; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Plastics; Reproduction; Robotics; Robotics - education; Robots; Schools; Science - education; Sciences education; Sensors; Social Sciences; Software; STEM education; Studies; Technology; Technology education; Writing; United States > US; California

Liquid-handling robots have many applications for biotechnology and the life sciences, with increasing impact on everyday life. While playful robotics such as Lego Mindstorms significantly support education initiatives in mechatronics and programming, equivalent connections to the life sciences do n...