Engaging computing students with AI and robotics

AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn SS-08-08, Issue , 2008, Pages 55-60

  Kumar, Deepak ^a   Blank, Doug ^a   Balch, Tucker ^b   O'Hara, Keith ^b   Guzdial, Mark ^b   Tansley, Stewart ^c  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING DISCIPLINES; CS1 COURSE; INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE; PERSONAL ROBOTS; ROBOT BEHAVIORS; TECHNICAL REPORTS;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; CURRICULA; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 52349110988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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