Educational robotics: RomeCup competitions are back. Minister Dadone: an example of resilience

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27 April 2021 Opening

of

, the

that has been organized in schools in the capital since 2003 and which this year takes place online. At the opening ceremony, greetings from Fabiana Dadone, minister for youth policies, Virginia Raggi, mayor of Roma Capitale, Giuseppe Averta, the Italian winner of the 'GeorgesGiralt PhD Award' for the best doctoral thesis in robotics in Europe, Mirta Michilli, director general of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, Daniele Nardi, full professor of Artificial Intelligence, Sapienza University of Rome. 

"Romecup wants to be a strong signal in this difficult time for young people," began Mirta Michilli, CEO of the Foundation in presenting the initiative.  

Minister

  noted that "having wanted to organize this event is an important sign of resilience for the boys "at a time when they have lost much of their social life."

", said the minister," are the words on which we must focus not only with the PNRR but also beyond. With the training of children also in important subjects such as robotics. And then with the orientation that indicates the new professional skills to bridge the gap that exists between supply and demand. "A problem, that of orientation," ineffective "that should start from middle school." Through the game and the development of robotics too, children can also see the human side that is in technology, which allows them to overcome barriers ", said Dadone. 

, JP Morgan AI Research and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, was the guest of honor at the ceremony.

“Among the lessons learned, we certainly understood that in order to be effectively useful and collaborative, artificial intelligence systems must explain the reason for their decisions to humans.

If they don't know how to do this, artificial intelligence is not useful, ”he explained.

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Opening Conference |

Manuela Veloso, head of @jpmorgan AI Research, explains how autonomous #robots work, telling and showing us examples and concrete cases born from the lessons learned in her long career in AI and robotics research.

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- Fond. Digital World (@fmdigitale) April 27, 2021

It is possible to follow the RomeCup live from 27 to 29 April on romecup.org. From lectio magistralis to school-university collaborative contests on robotic technologies applied to agriculture, rehabilitation, assistance, transport and the marine environment; from educational robotics laboratories for schools, to hackathons to facilitate the digital transformation processes of companies, design innovative solutions to combat climate change and face the future after the Covid-19 emergency. The goal is to encourage young people to study scientific subjects, to new skills and professional profiles required by the job market.