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Controlware for Learning Using Mobile Robots
- Source :
- Computer Science Education. 8:181-196
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 1998.
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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 :
- edsair.doi...........595f1a2d6c90fdc3528301c554c72039