11:30 - 13:00
Future Education Needs for AI & Robotics – The Finnish Way
HOST: THE ROBOTICS SOCIETY IN FINLAND.
The Conference is in English.
Robotics in Finland- From Mines to Manufacturing
Jyrki Latokartano, Chairman, The Robotics Society in Finland
Selected robotics success stories will introduce the robotics landscape in Finland. We’ll discuss the activities leading to these innovations and some reasons why they succeeded. Compared to size Finland has strong track record in developing and applying robotics into various tasks. What needs to be done to continue this progress also in the future? After this introduction other speakers of this session will present practical actions taken in Finland to make robotics education as part of the curriculum for all pupils and students.
In Riihimäki City Robotics Education is a Part of Development Strategy
Esa Santakallio, Development Director, City of Riihimäki, Finland
Elisa Utriainen, Robotics Education Senior Advisor, City of Riihimäki, Finland
City of Riihimäki is the only one in Finland where robotics education is part of city’s strategy. City of Riihimäki offers robotics education from day care to end of general upper secondary school, when most students have reached the age of 19. In Riihimäki, you can also study robotics at Hyria vocational education institute, and at Häme University of Applied Sciences. Part of robotics education curriculum content is joint in secondary and higher education level in our city. While studying robotics, the students will learn key working life skills such as teamwork, problem solving, project management, critical thinking, and information retrieval. All these skills are approached through robotics, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence as they are increasingly central to our daily lives and the way we work.
AI-Robotics Education- Co-Evolution of Solution Infrastructure and Life -Long Education
Vesa Salminen, Professor in Practice, D.Sc.(Tech.), Häme University of Applied Sciences, Finland
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring unprecedented change to societies, education organizations and business environments. It will influence on the use of AI- related robotics as well on society and industry. It will influence definitely also on education, education content, the way education is proceeded and overall whole the education business. Most important is how we relate us on inevitable co- evolution of business and changing of competences and skills to make business.
Wearable Intelligence and exoskeleton robots as a part of working life
Kimmo Vänni, Principal Research Scientist, Häme University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Industry 4.0 and the forthcoming Society 5.0 are looking forward to human-centered technology that is able to understand humans’ needs, and support them physically, mentally and socially. In addition to automation and IoT, wearable technology such as exoskeleton robots, wearable sensors and smart clothes are just now in the focus of companies and academia. Scientific articles report that exoskeleton robots are able to cut sickness absence days, and thus increase employees’ well-being and productivity. The topic of wearable intelligence is still fresh and there is a global need for distance learning and on-premises courses in wearable intelligence. Responding the demand, HAMK University is currently designing a Master Programme in Wearable Intelligence together with Aalborg University and University of Borås.
