Robot Control Instruction for Eighth Graders

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 20-23

  Mukai, Hiro ^a   McGregor, Nathan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INSTRUCTIONAL ROBOTICS MODULE; JUST IN TIME TEACHING; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 4944247405     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2004.1337849     Document Type: Article

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