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Using Robotics to Teach Computer Programming

• VLM 12y ago
  The history of "robots used to teach computing" is interesting, the language "logo" and physical turtles that run on it. Roughly Apple II era. Also the heathkit HERO robot series, still perhaps the best machine hardware of the genre.
  • scholia 12y ago
    Floor turtles were very popular in UK schools. Also, Big Trak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trak
• KhalilK 12y ago
  Minecraft's ComputerCraft turtles anyone?
  • kaoD 12y ago
    You mean Logo's turtles :P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) Which I just learnt is in turn based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(robot) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(robot)
    • xavierxf- 12y ago
      He means these: http://computercraft.info/wiki/Turtle http://computercraft.info/wiki/Turtle
• josephlord 12y ago
  They were using Bee-bots with the youngest children at my son's school last week (mostly 4 year olds still). http://www.bee-bot.us/bee-bot/bee-bot.html http://www.bee-bot.us/bee-bot/bee-bot.html