Aseba-Challenge: An Open-Source Multiplayer Introduction to Mobile Robots Programming

• Presented at: Second International Conference on Fun and Games, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 20-21, 2008
• Published in: Fun and Games, p. 65-74. Markopoulos, Panos ; de Ruyter, Boris ; IJsselsteijn, Wijnand ; Rowland, Duncan (eds.)
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5294
• Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer, 2008

We present in this paper a realistic looking robotic survival challenge simulation. Using a model of the e-puck, an open-source mobile robot designed for educational purposes, our simulation allows several players to program the behaviour of e-pucks competing for food. The simulation was tested and well accepted by a hundred children between 7 and 16 years of age. We think that this type of simulations holds a great pedagogical potential because of their inherent fun.

Keywords: robot ; mobots ; swarmanoid ; aseba challenge ; robotics contest ; education ; programming ; video game ; e-puck ; aseba ; [MOBOTS]

Reference

• LSRO-CONF-2008-056
• doi:10.1007/978-3-540-88322-7
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Record created on 2008-10-28, modified on 2012-04-02