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robotics.edu

robotice.edu is the home page for the developing educational robotics repository, which we fondly refer to as: robotics.edu. We define educational robotics to be the use of robotics as a hands-on learning environment for teaching topics other than specifically robotics.

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Qwerk + Microsoft Robotics Studio Support

We've expanded support for the Qwerk in Microsoft Robotics Studio and Visual Programming Language. Most features, including motor control, servo control, and analog and digital I/O are now implemented. Also, we've included pre-compiled libraries and Visual Programming example code so new users can get off the ground and program their Qwerk easier than ever. No compiling the source, hassling with Ant, or installing Ice: just copy the libraries and get programming within minutes!

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Robotic Autonomy Summer Course

Robotic Autonomy Summer Course was a class that we created and deployed at NASA/Ames for CMU in 2004 in which we attempted to reengineer teaching about robotics using a series of challenges and exhibtions over the whole summer. A new robot, the Trikebot, was developed, and a whole research project was done on what kind of learning happened with the students. The complete curriculum, the evaluation surveys and an article describing the whole class and the cognitive results, are all available here. The course also has an interactive website here:

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