Using Autonomous Robotics to Teach Science and Engineering

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Beer, Randall D ^a   Chiel, Hillel J ^b   Drushel, Richard F ^c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0342286077     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/303849.303866     Document Type: Article

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