Systematic literature review of realistic simulators applied in educational robotics context

This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) about realistic simulators that can be applied in an educational robotics context. These simulators must include the simulation of actuators and sensors, the ability to simulate robots and their environment. During this systematic review of th...

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Main Author: Camargo, Caio (author)
Other Authors: Gonçalves, José (author), Conde, Miguel Ángel (author), Rodríguez-Sedano, Francisco Jesús (author), Costa, Paulo Gomes da (author), García-Peñalvo, Francisco José (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/24404
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/24404
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Summary:This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) about realistic simulators that can be applied in an educational robotics context. These simulators must include the simulation of actuators and sensors, the ability to simulate robots and their environment. During this systematic review of the literature, 559 articles were extracted from six different databases using the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, Context (PICOC) method. After the selection process, 50 selected articles were included in this review. Several simulators were found and their features were also analyzed. As a result of this process, four realistic simulators were applied in the review’s referred context for two main reasons. The first reason is that these simulators have high fidelity in the robots’ visual modeling due to the 3D rendering engines and the second reason is because they apply physics engines, allowing the robot’s interaction with the environment.