Effect of Robot Production for Schoolchildrens’ Future Career Path

Abstract

This study aimed to obtain basic data showing that a lifelong learning activity related to personnel training supporting the manufacturing industrial infrastructure influences young people’s career path, by considering the effect of schoolchildren’s robot production has on the participants’ future careers. Concretely, a questionnaire survey (May, 2012) was administered to 128 persons, age 16–20, who had participated in this activity so far and graduated from Junior High School, and analyzed it. The result indicates that this activity is contributing to their subsequent career path to a fair degree, and there is a possibility that this activity can help nurturing future human resources in science and technology, thus clarifying the significance of robot production for schoolchildren.