Career/Skill Importance: Robotics fosters 21st-century skills: creativity, problem-solving, teamwork (many projects are done in teams), and technical literacy. In terms of career, exposure to robotics can lead students to pursue engineering fields like robotics, mechatronics, automation, or AI in college. Even if not directly, they might venture into mechanical or electronics engineering with a strong foundation. On a skill level, school robotics teaches how to approach open-ended problems – because building a robot to accomplish a task (follow line, pick object) has multiple solutions and they learn iterative engineering design. It also introduces programming (many start with block-based coding like Scratch for robots, then C/C++ for Arduino robots, etc.) in a tangible way, which can hook students who might find pure coding abstract. There’s also the angle of learning about sensors, motors, controllers – which is essentially learning about the embedded systems that run modern world devices (from appliances to cars). With Industry 4.0 focusing on automation and robotics, these skills are future-forward. Some students even start robotics-based entrepreneurial ventures (like a startup to make affordable robots for cleaning or so) thanks to early exposure.