Report of International Robotics Forum for High School Students (IRH 2013)
December 11, 2013
【Overview】
・ Sponsored by: The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)・ Cosponsored by: Japan Robot Association and Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd.
・ Supported by: BYNAS Co., Ltd., ROBOCON MAGAZINE
・ Date: Thursday November 7, 2013, and Friday November 8, 2013
・ Date of open presentation: Friday November 8, 2013
・ Venue: At the site of the International Robot Exhibition 2013, Tokyo International Exhibition Center・ Executive committee of IRH 2013:
Supervisor:

Norio Kodaira, President of RSJ, Mitsubishi Electric Co.

Chair:

Hisashi Ohsumi, Vice president of RSJ, Chuo University

Secretary:

Yuji Hosoda, Director and secretary-general of RSJ

Committeemen:

Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Director of RSJ, University of Tsukuba
Hideo Hayashi, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd.
Sadao Kawamura, Ritsumeikan University
Shinya Kotosaka, Saitama University
Yusuke Maeda, Director of RSJ, Yokohama National University
Akihiro Matsumoto, Director of RSJ, Toyo University
Tetsuo Noda, Mitsubishi Electric Co.
Tomomasa Satou, The University of Tokyo
Keiichi Shimamura, Kanagawa Youth Center
Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd.
Motoko Takenishi, Ohmsha, Ltd.
Shigeaki Yanai, Japan Robot Association【Purpose】
・Robotics educational project of RSJ for high school students in the world・Learning by lectures of basic robotics
・Study and report of iREX 2013
・Introduction of robotics educational trial on each school・Awards for outstanding presentations
・Experience of international communication
・Encourage of future robotics researcher and engineer

1【Details】
・”Robot high school” that was an educational program for Japanese high school students using real industrial
robot as learning resource have been hold in 2009 and 2011. These were corroboration with iREX 2009 and2011.
・RSJ planned this event as one of globalization actions in 2013 when IROS 2013 would be hold at Tokyo.
・We announced hosting of IRH 2013 on our web site and journal, and ask participating to many Japanese andoversea high schools that may have interesting to robotics education and experiences of such robotics
conventions as Robocup, Robocon and WRO.
・Number of participants has finally been 109 and number of entrant schools have been 19. 18 participants and3 schools have come from Norway, USA and China.

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【Entrant school】
Toyota National College of Technology
Osaka Prefecture University College of Technology
Waialua High & Intermediate School, USA, Hawaii
Isesaki Technical High School
Utsunomiya Technical High School
Saitama Prefectural Sayama Technical High School
Niiza Sogo Gijutsu High School
Kawagoe technical high school
St. Olav High School, Norway
Tezukayama Junior & Senior High School
Oyama National College of Technology
Ristsumeikan Junior and Senior High School
Ritsumeikan Uji High School
Ritsumeikan Moriyama High School
Pui Ching Middle School, MACAU, China
Tokyo Tech High School of Science and Technology
Hida-Kamioka High School
Ogaki Technical High School
Makuhari Junior & Senior High School34【Report】
１）Schedule：
Thursday November 7, 2013
・Lectures of basic robotics
・Study of iREX 2013
Friday November 8, 2013
・Preparation for report of iREX study
・Open presentations; iREX study report and presentation “High school students and Robots”
・Award ceremony２）Lectures of basic robotics:ａ）Lecture 1: “Introduction of Creative Robot Design,” Prof. Shigeo Hirose, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Hirose presented to the students how to create new robot concept, philosophy of system design andmind of growing up as researcher and engineer with reviewing many examples of robots developed by him.

ｂ）Lecture 2: “ABC of Robotics,” Mr. Akio Noda, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Mr. Noda presented to the students basic and manufacturing technologies and business strategy of industrial
robots from severe view of a robot maker. Moreover, he introduced study points of iREX 2013.

5３）Study of iREX 2013and preparation of report
We prepared 10 type themes for industrial robot study, and delivered them to each school with drawing a lot.
Students walked around iREX site and asked booth staffs or took pictures of robot demonstrations based on
their study theme in the afternoon on the first day. They made presentation data for the “iREX study report”
in the morning on the second day, and speakers of each school reported results of their study in theafternoon.
＜Field study at iREX 2013 site＞＜Making of iREX study report data＞

6４）Open presentation:
The iREX study report and the presentation “High school students and robots” were held at the main stage
in the iREX site in the afternoon on the second day. Number of general audiences was about 75.
ａ）iREX study report:
18 schools did the iREX study report. Presentation time for each school was limited in 4 minutes, and allschools punctually finished their presentation in 4 minutes. Time of the field study at iREX site was only
half day and preparation time for the presentation was about 2.5 hours, however every students madeexcellent presentation.

7The themes of the iREX study report and presentation data of each school
Schools

Themes of iREX study report
Subject: Fast moving robots

Tezukayama Junior & Senior High School

Theme: Species and applications of the each robot

Ritsumeikan Moriyama High School

Subject: large size robots

Ristsumeikan Junior and Senior High School

Theme: Species and applications of the each robot
Subject: Small size robots

Oyama National College of Technology

Theme: Species and applications of the each robot

Hida-Kamioka High School

Subject: Robots which handle machinery products

Isesaki Technical High School(automobile, machinery parts, metal, etc.)
Theme: Species of the each robot and how they work

Utsunomiya Technical High School

Subject: Robots which handle Electric appliances

Toyota National College of Technology(Electronic components, consumer electronics, etc.)
Theme: Species of the each robot and how they work

Pui Ching Middle School, MACAU, China

Subject: Robots

Osaka Prefecture University College ofwhich handle products

other than Electric appliances andTechnologymachinery

products

Niiza Sogo Gijutsu High School

Theme: Species of the each robot and how they work
Subject: End effectors (Devices attached to the wrist ofthe robots, such as hand) for each application

Waialua High & Intermediate School, USA,

Theme: Species of the each end effector and how they

Hawaiiwork
Subject: Robots which use vision sensors (TV camera,Kawagoe technical high school

3 dimensional laser scanner, etc.)
Theme: Species of vision sensors used by the robots

Tokyo Tech High School of Science andand how they work

Technology
Saitama Prefectural Sayama Technical High

Subject: Robots which use force sensors

SchoolTheme: Species of force sensors and how they work

St. Olav High School, Norway
Ritsumeikan Uji High School

Subject: Industrial robots
Theme: Classification of mechanism types of theOgaki Technical High School

industrial robots and applications of the each type8ｂ）Presentation “High school students and robots”:
13 schools introduced their daily activity in robotics education trial or experiences in robotics competition
events. 10 presentations were done by the students and other 3 presentations were done by the teachers.
Presentation time for each school was limited in 10 minutes, and all schools punctually finished theirpresentation in 10 minutes. All schools have prepared well presentation materials and all presentations wereexcellent as the iREX study report.

9Title and summary of each presentation “High school students and robots”
Name of School

TitleSummary
高度な技術を持ったスペシャリストの育成を目指す栃木県立宇都宮工業高校では，多くの大学や専門高校などの制御学習機器として用いられているマインドストームを導入し，ロボット教育をThe educational benefits

実践してきた．特に機械系学科での制御に関する授業に合わせ

Utsunomiya

of the robotsて，特別活動の中で自律型ロボットの設計・製作を継続している．

Technical Highmanufacturing through本研究では教育用ロボットに用いられるライトセンサやカラーSchool

the participation inセンサなどの動作精度を実験的に検証し，効果的な使用法に言及

World Robot Olympiadしている．さらに本校が取り組んでいるロボット教育の取り組みを紹介すると共に，ワールド・ロボット・オリンピアード（ＷＲＯ）への参加を通した創造性を高めるロボット教育の効果を示す．
飛騨神岡高校は東京大学のニュートリノ観測施設「スーパーカミオカンデ」のある岐阜県飛騨市神岡にある全校生徒 180 名の県下で一番小さな高校です．本校ロボット部は二足歩行ロボットによAn Introduction to theHida-Kamioka
High School

Production of Bipedal
Humanoid Robots at
Hida-Kamioka HighSchoolる格闘技大会 ROBO-ONE での優勝を目標に活動しており，
ROBO-ONE への参加は 10 年目を迎え，過去最高の成績は準優勝です．私たちのロボット『ニュートリノ』はモータ以外の部品はほぼ手作りが自慢で，基礎基本を大切にした丁寧な作業を心がけて製作しています．ROBO-ONE 以外の活動としては，小中学校や各種団体からの依頼でロボットのデモンストレーションを行うこともあります．また，ニュートリノは高校の文部科学省検定済教科書「電子機械」・「電子機械応用」でも紹介されています．
Our school’s ROV team was founded in September 2012.
Although it is only a twelve-student team, we have theenthusiasm and passion to explore the world of robots. Our

The development ofPui Ching Middle

Macau's robot education

School, MACAU,

and the ROV Team ofChina

Macau Puiching Middle
Schoolgoal is to discover the potential of the teammates and attain athorough development of every member, so each teammate
was assigned for different jobs that he/she can master best.
For example in the engineering part, we got both electricaland technical engineer. For management, we even had
positions like, CEO and CFO, to name a few, in order to let ourteammates to obtain all-rounded development throughout theprogram.
In December 2012, we made our first ROV Octopus. Echoing

10the rapid development of technology, we built a new ROV
named Eagle Ray and joint the 8th Hong Kong/Asia Regionalof the MATE International ROV Competition in April. After
this competition, we took one step forward to the international
stage by getting the qualification to participate in the 12th
annual MATE international ROV competition in June thatheld at Seattle. After a series of competition and exchange ofideas with students from other countries, our team received
lots of experience and this definitely elevated our knowledge
to ROV.
Through this year, our team has developed a close rapport andis determined to do more research on ROV and develop theskills to make our robot better. In the future, we will spreadthe knowledge of ROV to other students and let themexperience the fun of ROV. Also we will be striving for thechance to let our team reach the widest and deepest in thefield of ROV.
私たち電子機械研究部では，ロボットコンテスト・研究・地域貢献という３つを目標にして日々活動しています．まず，ロボットコンテストでは，「ＷＲＯ」，「ロボカップ」，「山車ロボット」に取り組んでいます．このコンテストを通して世界大会へのチャ
Isesaki TechnicalHigh School

レンジ精神，地域文化をロボットで表現するさまざまな技法につChallenge the dream

いて学ぶことができました．次に，研究として「昆虫ロボットプロジェクト」，「スマートスクールプロジェクト」など毎年テーマを決めて取り組んでいます．最後に，私たちが製作したロボットを利用して，地域の保育園への出前演技を行っています．この活動を通して小さな子供たちへの夢づくりにつながることを願っています．
多足歩行及び関節を有することで行動範囲の広い遠隔操作ロボットの製作を目的とする．私達の制作したロボットは，２本の足Tokyo Tech High

Utility of Multilegged

School of Science

Walking Robot withand TechnologyJoints

を一つのユニットとして８つのユニットを有する１６足歩行であり，足の機構にはスライダークランク機構を用いている．本体は４つに分かれており，間の３箇所にある関節により本体を曲げ反らせることができる．この状態で前進することで段差や障害物を乗り越える．段差の高さや歩行環境を変化させ検証を行うことで，探査ロボットとしての実用性を評価する．

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本校の中学電気部・高校物理部で製作・制御しているロボットの機能と技術の紹介．
Makuhari Junior& Senior High

「知能ロボットコンテスト」「マイクロマウス」「ロボカップジ
Our Robots!

Schoolュニア」などの大会に参加したロボットを紹介します．サーボモーター，ステッピングモーターなど駆動部．フォトリフレクタやカラーセンサー，PSD などのセンサー．Kinect を用いた画像解析など．
St. Olav secondary school are preparing for a new programme
subject for our students: Technology and theory of research.
This programme subject represents two unique fields ofknowledge, yet can be seen as closely related fields. The
education shall help students to understand how interaction
between these fields makes an arena for creativity andinnovation. There are four main subject areas for theprogramme:
1. Design and product development
2. The young engineer
3. The young researcher
4. Technology, science and society

St. Olav HighSchool, Norway

Norwegian ProgrammeCombining robotics and education makes possible exciting

subject Techonology andopportunities to motivate, challenge and inspire youth to learn

theory of research

about science and technology. We aim to use robotics as a-Planning for robotics as

learning platform for three of the main subject areas:a learning platform-

1. Design and product development
2. The young engineer
4. Technology, science and society
Since this programme subject is in its planning phase, St.
Olav High school is participating at the IRH mainly fordiscussing how robotics-based educational projects areplanned in other parts of the world, and to get to know
experiences from other students.
We plan to use the Scandinavian based LEGO MINDSTORM
EV3 system as our robotics platform. Our presentation will
give an overview of how we plan to use robotics to reach theprogramme subjects goal for learning.

12Oyama National
College ofTechnology

Development of a

高専ロボコ 2012 に出場したジェスチャ操作式投球ロボットの開

Gesture Operated

発において，イルカショウーのパフォーマンスを模したボール投

Ball-Throwing Robot forげロボットを製作した．本発表では，このロボットに搭載されたRobot Contest 2012 of

空気圧駆動による布引式投球機構および Kinect センサを用いた

National College of

ロボット操作システムの製作について，それらの工夫点等についTechnologyて紹介する．
帝塚山中学校・高等学校理科部ロボット班は，2008 年度から活動を開始し本年で６年目を迎え，中学１年生から高校３年生まで

Tezukayama

A inquiry activity ofJunior & Seniorrobot by Tezukayama

High Schoolrobot teamの６学年の生徒 50 名以上が所属している．これまで取り組んできた活動は大きく３つである．具体的には，①各種ロボット競技大会への参加．②レゴマインドストームを用いた小学生に向けたロボット教室の開催．③Arduino（マイコンボード）を用いた自作ロボットの製作．である．本発表では，これらの活動内容を報告する．
立命館守山高等学校は，2006 年度の開校とともに SSH（スーパーサイエンスハイスクール）の指定を受け，高大連携と地域連携を軸に，様々な取り組みを行ってきました．今回の発表では，本Ritsumeikan

Action of the robot in

校 Sci-Tech 部（科学部）によるロボカップジュニアレスキュー

Moriyama High

Ritsumeikan Moriyamaの取り組みと「科学探究Ⅱ」の選択講座「工学探究」（総合的なSchoolHigh School

学習の時間）の内容について報告します．ロボカップジュニアレ
スキューの取り組みでは，これまでの実績の経過と今後の研究課題について，「工学探究」では生徒の目から見た講座の組み立てと指導体制などについて発表したいと思います．

Osaka Prefecture
UniversityCollege ofTechnology(OPUCT)

Introduction of Rescue

2000 年より関西ではレスキューロボットコンテストが毎年 8 月

Robot Contest andに開催されている．そのコンテストの概要を紹介すると共にそのActivities of Welfare

コンテストに参加している大阪府立大学高専

Science Research Clubの取り組みを紹介する．

福祉科学研究会

ロボカップサッカーは，自律移動型ロボットによるサッカー競技である．ラジコンとは異なり，競技中に人間がロボットを操作す
Educational Effect ofToyota National

Continuous Participation

College offor RoboCup

TechnologyInternationalCompetition

ることはなく，コンピュータ自らが戦略を立てて試合を進める．
豊田高専は世界大会サッカー小型リーグにおいて 2010,11 年 4位，9 回目の出場となる 2012 年 3 位を達成した．ロボカップに継続的に参加するメリットは，技術力，創造力，問題解決能力等の養成に高い効果が期待されることにあるが，特に世界大会では英語によるコミュニケーション力やプレゼンテーション力を高められる貴重な機会でもある．本発表ではロボカップ世界大会への継続参加の取り組みとその教育的効果について紹介する．

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Team 359 – The Waialua Robotics Program will conduct aPowerPoint and video presentation on Program Management
and Sustainability for interested FIRST Robotics teams.
Specifically, we will present a 10 minute Presentation, which
includes showing our 3 minute 2011 Chairman’s Award Video,
describe the importance and impact of FIRST and the affected
culture of our school community, provide handouts, and allowfor questions at the end.
The approach focuses on how our program is establishedwithin the school, community and the partnerships
established with businesses, sponsors, mentors, andgovernment. Our team will share about our program history,Waialua High &Helpful Tips on

Intermediate

Managing andSchool USA,

Sustaining a FIRST

HawaiiRobotics Program

including the many challenges that our team is faced with andhow we address those issues with both short and long term
goals. We have lots of meaningful experiences to share andhow we were both successful and unsuccessful in addressing
those specific challenges along the way. Fundraising ideas
and sustainability will be discussed in detail, including links
to possible funding sources for teams to explore. Past Hawaii
legislative bills will be shared that lead up to State-wide
support of the STEM and Robotics initiatives. In addition,interested teams will get to see several of our grant proposals,
which will be dissected and discussed on how we were able tosuccessfully receive support for our facilities, equipment andrenovation efforts at our school.
In summary, the purpose of the presentation is to help teams
address the most common challenges in managing andsustaining a FIRST Robotics program.

14５）Awards ceremony:ａ）Following three schools were selected as outstanding presenter from all 18 presentations of the “iREX
study report” and RSJ presented them “IRH 2013 Best Report Award”.
Winners:・Utsunomiya Technical High School・Pui Ching Middle School, MACAU, China
・Oyama National College of Technologyｂ）Following three schools were selected as outstanding presenter from 10 presentations of the presentation“High school students and robots” that were done by students and RSJ presented them “IRH 2013 Best
Presentation Award”.
Winners:・Pui Ching Middle School, MACAU, China
・Tokyo Tech High School of Science and Technology
・Oyama National College of Technology

15ｃ）“Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Presentation in IRH 2013” was presented to following allteacher’s presentation in the presentation “High school students and robots” .
・St. Olav High School, Norway・Toyota National College of Technology
・Waialua High & Intermediate School USA, Hawaiiｄ）”Certificate of IRH 2013” was presented to all participants.
ｅ）General comment：
We assessed the presentations to select award winners. However, all presentations were excellent and level
difference between all presentations was negligible. All speakers were exactly punctual to the presentation
limit time with well controlled speaking. Attitude, utterance and manners of presentation might be better thanthose of university students in many conferences. Especially, preparation time for the iREX study report waslimited very short; nevertheless the all presentations in the iREX study report were well summarized and easy
to understand. Preparations of the presentation “High school students and robots” were enough too. All
presentations had attractive points and all speakers introduced them cleverly. We believe that these excellent
presentations depend on daily student’s effort and good leading of teachers. We would like to give honor totheir great activity.

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