A programming environment having three levels of complexity for mobile robotics

Autor: Carlos Alberto Giraldo, Beatriz Florian-Gaviria, Eval Bladimir Bacca-Cortés, Felipe Gómez, Francisco Muñoz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Ingeniería e Investigación, Vol 32, Iss 3, Pp 76-82 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0120-5609
2248-8723
Popis: This paper presents a programming environment for supporting learning in STEM, particularly mobile robotic learning. It was designed to maintain progressive learning for people with and without previous knowledge of programming and/or robotics. The environment was multi platform and built with open source tools. Perception, mobility, communication, navigation and collaborative behaviour functionalities can be programmed for different mobile robots. A learner is able to programme robots using different programming languages and editor interfaces: graphic programming interface (basic level), XML-based meta language (intermediate level) or ANSI C language (advanced level). The environment supports programme translation transparently into different languages for learners or explicitly on learners’ demand. Learners can access proposed challenges and learning interfaces by examples. The environment was designed to allow characteristics such as extensibility, adaptive interfaces, persistence and low software/hardware coupling. Functionality tests were performed to prove programming environment specifications. UV BOT mobile robots were used in these tests.
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