A programming workshop using the robot "Thymio II": The effect on the understanding by children

Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 24-29

  Magnenat, Stephane ^a   Riedo, Fanny ^b   Bonani, Michael ^c   Mondada, Francesco ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Association Mobsya   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUTAINMENT; GENERAL PUBLICS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LOADING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84863644554     PISSN: 21627568     EISSN: 21627576     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARSO.2012.6213393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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