DocumentCode
1127542
Title
Designing Personal Robots for Education: Hardware, Software, and Curriculum
Author
Balch, Tucker ; Summet, J. ; Blank, D. ; Kumar, Dinesh ; Guzdial, M. ; O´Hara, Kieron ; Walker, David ; Sweat, M. ; Gupta, Chaitali ; Tansley, S. ; Jackson, Julie ; Gupta, Mansi ; Muhammad, M.N. ; Prashad, S. ; Eilbert, N. ; Gavin, A.
Author_Institution
Georgia Tech Univ., Atlanta
Volume
7
Issue
2
fYear
2008
Firstpage
5
Lastpage
9
Abstract
An exciting new initiative at Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr College is using personal robots both to motivate students and to serve as the primary programming platform for the Computer Science 1 curriculum. Here, the authors introduce the initiative and outline plans for the future.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; computer science education; robots; Bryn Mawr College; Computer Science 1 curriculum; Georgia Tech; educational robots; personal robots; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational robots; Hardware; Parallel robots; Programming profession; Robot control; Robot programming; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; personal robot education;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1268
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPRV.2008.29
Filename
4487080
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