Naya-Varela, M.Varela, GervasioLlamas, LuisBautista, MoisesBecerra Permuy, Juan CarlosBellas, Francisco2024-10-012024-10-012017M. Naya et al., "A versatile robotic platform for educational interaction," 2017 9th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS), Bucharest, Romania, 2017, pp. 138-144, doi: 10.1109/IDAACS.2017.8095065.978-1-5386-0697-1http://hdl.handle.net/2183/39354This version of the paper has been accepted for publication. The final published paper is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1109/IDAACS.2017.8095065.Included in: 2017 9th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS), Bucharest, Romania, 21-23 September 2017.[Abstract]: This paper describes a new educational robot called ROBOBO which was developed in order to provide an engaging and natural interactive experience with children. The objective is to motivate children to explore and cooperate with the robots while they learn concepts and abilities related to STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The robot and the educational approach has been tested in different school environments corresponding to different educational levels with very successful results.eng© 2017 IEEE. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Educational roboticsSTEM educationInteractive roboticsconference outputopen access10.1109/IDAACS.2017.8095065