Teaching computer science with robotics using Ada/Mindstorms 2.0

Authors:
Barry S. Fagin;Laurence D. Merkle;Thomas W. Eggers
Affiliations:
US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO;US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO;US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2001 annual ACM SIGAda international conference on Ada
Year:
2001

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Abstract

We present one approach to teaching basic computer science concepts with robotics, using an Ada interface to Lego Mindstorms™. We show simple problems put to students with no programming experience, discuss the solutions, and for each concept explain the advantages of using robots to teach it.