Avoiding the Karel-the-robot paradox: A framework for making sophisticated robotics accessible

AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 48-51

  Blank, Douglas ^a   Yanco, Holly ^b   Kumar, Deepak ^a   Meeden, Lisa ^c  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SENSORS; KAREL ENVIRONMENT; PARADOX; UNDERGRADUATES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE SENSORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTS; ROBOT LEARNING; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; STUDENTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 22244471393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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