Robots make computer science personal

Abstract

They also make it more hands-on, real, practical, and immediate, inspiring a new generation of scientists' deep interest in the field.

References

1. Guzdial, M. Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2004; see also the Pyro Robotics Project pyrorobotics.org.
2. Margolis, J. and Fisher, A. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003.
3. Pattis, R. Karel the Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming, Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1994.
4. Vegso, J. Interest in CS as a major drops among incoming freshmen. Computing Research News 17, 3 (May 2005); www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may05/vegso.

Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Education

• Computer systems organization

  • Embedded and cyber-physical systems

    • Robotics

• Computing methodologies

  • Artificial intelligence

    • Control methods

      • Robotic planning

    • Philosophical/theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence

    • Planning and scheduling

      • Robotic planning

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Computing education

      • Computing education programs

        • Computer science education

        • Information science education