SAKURA SCIENCE High School Program Group 6
High School Students from Eight Countries Take a Robot Class at Waseda University
On Tuesday, December 3, a total of 86 high school students in SSHP Group 6 (Ukraine, Egypt, Cyprus, Kenya, Colombia, Singapore, China, and South Africa) visited Waseda University. ( https://www.waseda.jp/top/ ) In the morning, the students were divided into groups and took a campus tour with the current Waseda students and international students guide. They saw the highlights of the campus, including the Okuma Auditorium, which has been designated as an Important Cultural Property, the History Museum where visitors can learn about the past, present and future of the university, the Theater Museum, which houses valuable theatrical materials, and the Central Library, which is home to a collection of 4 million books. It was particularly impressive that the Ukrainian high school students who were invited for the first time to participate in SSHP were enthusiastically asking questions about university life in Japan as well as visiting each place, because they were being guided in their native language by a Waseda student from Ukraine (a second-year student at the School of International Liberal Studies).


In the afternoon, the students were given a welcoming greeting by the International Director Kate Elwood, and an introduction to the university. Waseda University is known as a university that hosts a large number of foreign students. At present, there are approximately 8,000 foreign students from 115 countries and regions studying at the university. When they heard that students from all eight countries that were visiting the campus were enrolled, the high school students seemed to have a stronger impression that the university was open to students from around the world.

In a mock class, Wei Wang, Assistant Professor of The Future Robotics Organization) gave a lecture entitled "Robotics, the research story of Waseda University." The organization is known as a pioneer of robotics research in Japan. He introduced the world's first humanoid robot developed by the university, as well as the evolution of various WASEDA robots and their technologies such as those for health care and disaster response. In addition, he showed the high school students a future society in which humans and robots coexist as a reality.









