Robotics in Education: A Scientific Mapping of the Literature in Web of Science
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López Belmonte, Jesús; Segura Robles, Adrián; Moreno Guerrero, Antonio José; Parra González, María ElenaEditorial
MDPI
Materia
Robotics Education Web of Science Bibliometrics
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2021Referencia bibliográfica
López-Belmonte, J.; Segura-Robles, A.; Moreno-Guerrero, A.-J.; Parra-González, M.-E. Robotics in Education: A Scientific Mapping of the Literature in Web of Science. Electronics 2021, 10, 291. https:// doi.org/10.3390/electronics10030291
Resumen
The technological revolution has created new educational opportunities. Today, robotics is
one of the most modern systems to be introduced in educational settings. The main objective of this
research was to analyze the evolution of the “robotics” concept in the educational field while having,
as a reference point, the reported literature in the Web of Science (WoS). The methodology applied in
this research was bibliometrics, which we used to analyze the structural and dynamic development
of the concept. The collection of WoS studies on robotics in education began in 1975. Its evolution
has been irregular, reaching peak production in 2019. Although the focus was on collecting studies
with educational knowledge areas, other knowledge areas were also present, such as engineering
and computing. It was found that the types of manuscript most commonly used to present scientific
results in this area are proceedings papers. The country with the highest level of production in
this field of study is the United States. The results confirm the potential of this type of study in the
scientific field. The importance of this technology in the training of future surgeons and in the results
they produce in their own learning was also detected.