Education focused on a specific area for the student’s professional life and possible postgraduate studies. To evaluate and measure the impact that these platforms have, we used observational scales. For this study, a robotic platform will be defined as the use of the LEGO ® robotic kit, the use of the NAO robot, and the use of the PhantomX Hexapod. The Educational Secretary of Mexico (SEP) has started implementing, in elementary and high schools, the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs), with the aim of generating greater inclusion with the students during their classes and creating more compelling explanations and exercises that could help students retain the information.Įducational robotics is a discipline whose objective is the conception, creation, and functionality of robotic prototypes, utilizing specialized programs to achieve pedagogic ends. In order to improve the learning and cognitive processes (such as memory and executory functions), educators must understand that it is fundamental that the attention of children in the first years of school is stimulated, and to achieve that, there is a need to develop open-science strategies to guarantee the improvement of educational achievements among the school-age population. The use of these traditional approaches in the different areas of the Mexican curricula affects the children’s motivation to develop physical activities, and also their design, reasoning, and measurement competencies, making it more challenging for them to understand future topics. The lack of more dynamic approaches negatively influences the children’s ability to comprehend theoretical concepts when it comes to indoor classes, and the usual outdoor physical education activities are inefficient and discouraging for the students, placing Mexico as the most inactive country in levels of physical sport activities. The traditional approach used in schools, where the professor gives all the theoretical explanations to the students while they merely listen and memorize the content given, makes students lose interest in their classes, affecting their academic performance. Professionals in education are confronting a constantly increasing lack of attention and exhibition of behavioral problems in the classroom by their students. Finally, this study proves that the attention span is indeed improved as a result of implementing robotic platforms during the teaching process, allowing the children to become more motivated during their PE class and become more proactive and retain more information during their STEM classes. Each of these technological approaches was applied by considering both control and experimental groups, in order to compare the data and provide conclusions. To prove this, four different approaches were implemented three in elementary schools and one in higher education: the LEGO ® robotic kit and the NAO robot for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teaching, the NAO robot for physical education (PE), and the PhantomX Hexapod, respectively. This study aims to integrate technology through assistive robots as a beneficial tool for educators, in order to improve the attention span of students by making the learning process in multiple areas of the Mexican curriculum more dynamic, therefore obtaining better results. The methodology that institutions have followed has become an issue because of its very traditional approach, with the professor giving all the theoretical material to the students while they listen and memorize the contents, and, if we add the issue of the growing access to technological devices for students, children carrying a phone are more likely to be distracted. Two important factors causing this lack of interest are the predominant methodology used in Mexican schools and the technology as a barrier for attention. The lack of interest of children at school is one of the biggest problems that Mexican education faces.
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