Trends and research foci of robotics-based STEM education: a systematic review from diverse angles based on the technology-based learning model

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 4 The dominant robot-based STEM disciplines

Disciplines	Subject matter	N	Sample research
Science	Basic Physics	2	Chang and Chen (2020)^a
	Biomechanics	1	Bernstein et. al. (2022)
	Biology	1	Phamduy et. al. (2017)
	Geography Information System (GIS)	1	Barker et. al. (2014)^a
Technology	Programming	25	Kim et. al. (2015), Barak and Assal (2018)^a
	Non-specified	2	Chiang et. al. (2020)
Engineering	Engineering	5	Ryan et. al. (2017), McDonald and Howell (2012)^a
	Mechanics	2	Pérez and López (2019)^a
	Component design	3	Ayar (2015)^a
	Digital signal process	2	Sullivan and Bers (2016)
	Power and dynamical system	1	Stewart et. al. (2021)
	Structure and construction	4	Li et. al. (2016), Gomoll et. al. (2017)^a
Mathematics	Mathematics	2	Ucgul and Cagiltay (2014)^a
	Mathematical methods	5	Konijn and Hoorn (2020), Chang and Chen (2022)^a
Interdisciplinary		3	Luo et. al. (2019)