TY - JOUR T1 - The Robot Programming Network JF - Journal of Inteligent and Robotic Sytems Y1 - 2015 A1 - Enric Cervera A1 - Philippe Martinet A1 - Marin, Raul A1 - Abou Moughlbay, Amine A1 - Angel P. del Pobil A1 - Jaime Alemany A1 - Esteller-Curto, Roger A1 - Gustavo A. CasaƱ KW - Online learning KW - Remote laboratories KW - robot programming AB -

The Robot Programming Network (RPN) is an initiative for creating a network of robotics education laboratories with remote programming capabilities. It consists of both online open course materials and online servers that are ready to execute and test the programs written by remote students. Online materials include introductory course modules on robot programming, mobile robotics and humanoids, aimed to learn from basic concepts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to more advanced programming skills. The students have access to the online server hosts, where they submit and run their programming code on the fly. The hosts run a variety of robot simulation environments, and access to real robots can also be granted, upon successful achievement of the course modules. The learning materials provide step-by-step guidance for solving problems with increasing level of difficulty. Skill tests and challenges are given for checking the success, and online competitions are scheduled for additional motivation and fun. Use of standard robotics.

VL - 81 IS - 1 ER -