RoBlocks: A robotic construction kit for mathematics and science education

ICMI'06: 8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, Conference Proceeding

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 72-75

  Schweikardt, Eric ^a   Gross, Mark D ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction kit; Robotics education; Tangible interface

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION KIT; ROBOTICS EDUCATION; TANGIBLE INTERFACES;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INVERSE KINEMATICS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547235508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1180995.1181010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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