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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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Middle School CHiP Robot Curriculum

Almost a decade ago we developed a web-based set of activities for an after-school program for middle choolers learning to experiment with robots. They programmed these challenges with an iconic programming language. While the CHiP robot never became commercial, the activities are a good example of what can be done with a fairly simple robot. The full curriculum is available to flip through at:

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