User:Chradev/Adriod

Proposed Title S.T.E.M. is a grouping umbrella of related technical disciplines like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with growing popularity in the field of education. S.T.E.A.M. is extending it by adding the art aspect in the educational process. There is a plenty of public projects, commercial and free products helping in that process. Most of them are different kind of robots as the most complex subject including all above fields of activities. Unfortunately, most of the S.T.E.A.M. named things used in the contemporary educational processes are neither advanced nor freely accessible even absolutely unsuitable for some social groups.

Open Source is a long-term movement initiated by software developers and spread to almost all areas of human life. Unfortunately, applying this initiative to S.T.E.A.M. the educational processes often lead to simple projects with limited applicability.

Android is mostly referred as a humanoid robot or a mobile operating system primarily developed by Google. While they are attractive options it is on a long way from their real usage for S.T.E.A.M. the educational processes.

A Droid is a fictional robot possessing some degree of artificial intelligence in the Star Wars franchise. The idea to create Droids in S.T.E.A.M. the educational processes is as fictional as Droids are themselves.

Artificial Intelligence in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems. While AI is gaining a big momentum nowadays it is far from its usage in the things developed for or applicable in S.T.E.A.M. the educational processes. Fortunately, AI could be successfully applied in the development of appropriate knowledge base and tools to help participants.

Adroid is proposed as an open S.T.E.A.M. platform and a process for building of educational things like robots based on the principles of the Open Source in all aspects including but not limited to the ideas, algorithms, internal and external design, mechanical, electronical and software staff. It is intended to include latest science, technology and art achievements with a special respect to an advanced learning process appropriate for any person age, interests and profession.

Adroid is not only a platform, but it is also a continuous process intended to accumulate all gained knowledge and experience by all participants in S.T.E.A.M. the educational processes using it. A special relational multi-dimensional knowledge base and tools will be created and updated continuously to help the learning and teaching processes. On the other hand, Adroid can be used by artists, scientists and engineers to reach better results faster.

Adroid is neither Android nor a Droid but maybe it is both! The letter "A" may come from Autonomous, Artificial, Art or simply from All! Adroid is neither busyness idea nor commercial product. Adroid can be or can be not an adroit! Adroid can be associated with robots but maybe not! Adriod may or may not possess Artificial Intelligence, but Adriod is definitely a result of a natural intelligence! Adroid is no longer a spelling mistake.

The first attempt to build real things behind the Adroid idea is a unified open-source platform with the same name. It is the very early phase, but first prototypes are on the table.