Hands-on exercises as a boost for the students in a robotic course

Courses that are supported by hardware components and courses that evolve rapidly face many challenges. They are challenging both to the teachers and to the students. One such course is the course entitled Robotics, taught in the first cycle of studies for computer science students. This paper presents the curriculum for this Robotics course that is specifically customized for computer science students. A great importance of the course is given to the students' practical work with real robots, even though there were limited hardware resources that could be used. An analysis of the students' evaluation in all previous years shows that the hands-on work of the students propagates in better overall results and increased students' interest in the course. Some of the hands-on work done by students is presented in this paper.