Modular robotics and playwear for the game

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Published: Jan 1, 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/307
Keywords:
playware, modular game, Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), Educational robotics

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Henrik H. Lund
Technical University of Denmark, Center for Playware

Abstract

In this paper we present and we use the concept of robotic building block for the creation of playwear. The concept of technology building blocks and programmable with input and output (including communication) and embodied artificial intelligence, which emphasizes the relationship between morphology and controllo.Per give a concrete example of the concept of robotic building block, we propose the tiles we've created, as elements of a new type of playground in which children can experience an immediate feedback to their movements.

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2009): TD47 - Dossier: Educational robotics
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Articles - Special Issue

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