Robots in the library: how can robotics become part of everyday library life?

As a library constantly looking for new opportunities, we have launched ourrobotics services with the mission of knowledge transfer. Our main aim is tointroduce the basics of robotics: how it has become part of our everyday life andthe opportunities it offers, which anyone can take part in, in order to preparefor the automation challenges of today and the near future.

We also run a weekly club session called Library Robotics Hour, mainly forschool children. Here, participants can learn about Lego robots and the basics ofrobot programming, develop their analytical thinking and problem-solving skillsin a playful way, and learn about the use and possibilities of smart devices in acontrolled environment. The more experienced participants can deepen theirknowledge with creative tasks requiring independent ideas. As we have twotypes of robots that can be programmed through different applications, theycan learn how similar results can be achieved through different approaches.

Our shorter, one-session sessions for pre-school children or even for older agegroups aim to raise interest in the history and potential of robotics, mainlythrough examples from previous studies or everyday life.

The exhibited robots can also be tried out, so that the theoretical knowledgecan be quickly implemented into practice.

Our hands-on and experience-like solutions have brought robotics closer tomany people in our library, and in smaller libraries and schools country-wide.

Keywords: library, robotics, Lego, presentation

https://doi.org/10.31915/NWS.2022.15