Tokyo Electron Taiwan (TET) collaborated with the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robotics Association (TAIROA) and CAVEDU*¹ to hold an AI Smart Robot Car Workshop for high school students in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung in July.
This workshop was designed to teach students about the importance of advancements in semiconductor technology for AI development through classroom instruction and an enjoyable hands-on learning experience with AI smart robot cars.
A total of approximately 100 high school students participated on the day. During the morning session, TET instructors provided clear explanations about semiconductors and their manufacturing processes using practical examples.
In addition, CAVEDU instructors operated JetBot*² smart robot cars to explain how AI functions as the brain of a machine.
In the afternoon, the students themselves operated the JetBot robot cars and competed in team races.
By tackling and completing assigned missions within the course, students experienced how AI functions as the brain of the machines, as well as the gap between artificial systems that mimic and replace human tasks with robots and human thought and behavior.
This workshop is merely the beginning of helping high school students understand that technology is not just knowledge, but is applied in various forms and deeply intertwined with people’s daily lives.
TET will continue focusing even more on education and welfare activities utilizing information and communication technology (ICT) to help the next generation of children cultivate the power to shape their own futures!
*¹ CAVEDU: An organization in Taiwan that offers various programs to learn basic knowledge and skills in AI, robotics, IoT, and other fields with the aim of enhancing basic science and technology
*² JetBot: An open-source robot car platform developed by NVIDIA that uses the “Jetson Nano” compact AI computer. It utilizes AI technologies such as deep learning to learn functions such as object recognition, collision avoidance, and object tracking from camera footage, serving as an introductory teaching tool for achieving autonomous driving
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