Python Robotics: An environment for exploring robotics beyond LEGOs

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 317-321

  Blank, Douglas ^a   Meeden, Lisa ^b   Kumar, Deepak ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedagogy; Python; Robotics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CURRICULA; HUMAN ENGINEERING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

PEDAGOGY; PYTHON ROBOTICS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 0037673519     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/792548.611996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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