Robotics, automation and the internet of things will be at the centre of our future economy but is the UK doing enough to ensure the younger generation is ready?
“We missed an opportunity,” says Professor Chris Melhuish, director of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), a collaborative research centre and technology business incubator on the outskirts of the city. Melhuish, a former teacher and now leading protagonist on the UK’s robotics scene, talks about how, in the late 70s, UK schools used to teach computer studies and computer science before downgrading it and focusing on “word processing and mouse skills”.
“We were well ahead 25-plus years ago but then we threw it away and now we are trying to play catch up,” he says, pointing out that computer science “is a fabulous vehicle for teaching logic and planning”.
We were very concerned to ensure computing is first and foremost about computational thinking skills
We could easily be left behind if we don’t focus on scaling up the truly world-class strengths we have
Getting intelligent machines to physically interact with the world is the next revolutionary step for industry
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