LEGO MindStorms: Not just for K-12 anymore

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Klassner, Frank ^a   Anderson, Scott D ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACM Computing Curriculum 2001; Curriculum development; LEGO Mindstorms; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CURRICULA; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; PROGRAM COMPILERS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

INTELLECTUAL SYNERGY;

ROBOT LEARNING;

EID: 0038156379     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2003.1213611     Document Type: Review

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