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Personal Robots in Education

Personal Robots in Education. Doug Blank Institute for Personal Robots in Education www.roboteducation.org. Institute for Personal Robots in Education. Formed in July 2006 Georgia Institute of Technology, Bryn Mawr College, and Microsoft Research

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Personal Robots in Education

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  1. Personal Robots in Education Doug Blank Institute for Personal Robots in Education www.roboteducation.org Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  2. Institute for Personal Robots in Education • Formed in July 2006 • Georgia Institute of Technology, Bryn Mawr College, and Microsoft Research • Created to explore and foster the appropriate use of robots in the CS1 and CS2 courses to help the “growing crisis” • Develop hardware, software, and curricular materials to this end • www.roboteducation.org Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  3. The Personal Robot Niche • Personal Robot • Low-cost, small, self-contained, fit in backpack (or lunchbox), buy at bookstore • Focus on engaging computation • Avoid mechanical and electrical engineering topics • Robot as a device and tool • Inviting to non-traditional students • Exploit the power of the PC • Wireless Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  4. The Personal Robot Niche “One robot per student” Robots can help make computer science personal. Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  5. IPRE Robot Kit, prototype Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  6. Getting started >>> from myro import * Myro, (c) 2006 Institute for Personal Robots in Education [See http://www.roboteducation.org/ for more information] Version 1.0.2, Revision 1.99, ready! >>> robot = Scribbler(“com4”) Waking robot from sleep... Hello, I'm Scribby! >>> robot.beep(1, 800) >>> robot.joyStick() >>> robot.joyStick(1) >>> ^D Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  7. Surveyor SRV1 Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  8. Scribbler with IPRE vision/Bluetooth board Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  9. Gyro Bryn Mawr College IPRE

  10. Further information • www.roboteducation.org • blog.roboteducation.org • wiki.roboteducation.org Bryn Mawr College IPRE

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