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Controlware for Learning Using Mobile Robots

Authors :
E. Vadam Levit
Ilya Levin
Source :
Computer Science Education. 8:181-196
Publication Year :
1998
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 1998.

Abstract

One of the main problems faced within departments of computer science is how to encourage students to use their algorithmic and programming skills in the real-life context. This paper deals with control technologies for higher education. We define controlware as a toolkit for creating the control part of a mobile robot in interactive learning environments and educational micro-worlds. Intelligent behavior of mobile robots is created through the composition of constituent control units. The overall behavior of a mobile robot is half cooperative and half-competitive realization of the goals of the control units. To construct this composition behavior and resolve the corresponding conflicts, a partially ordering priority arbitration subsystem is defined. It is shown that the suggested approach links educational processes both in a control curriculum and an intelligent robotics curriculum. We hope that the spreadsheet-based controlware will make the mobile robots lear ning environment an accepted educational ...

Details

ISSN :
17445175 and 08993408
Volume :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Computer Science Education
Accession number :
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