DocumentCode :
1797495
Title :
Improvement of P-CUBE: Algorithm education tool for visually impaired persons
Author :
Kakehashi, Shun ; Motoyoshi, Tatsuo ; Koyanagi, K. ; Oshima, Toru ; Masuta, Hiroyuki ; Kawakami, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Intell. Syst. Design Eng., Toyama Prefectural Univ., Imizu, Japan
fYear :
2014
fDate :
9-12 Dec. 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
As a method of teaching fundamental programming concepts to visually impaired persons and novice programmers, we developed the P-CUBE algorithm education tool, with which users are able to control a mobile robot simply by positioning wooden blocks on a mat. The fundamental programming concepts taught by P-CUBE consist of three elements: sequences, branches and loops. The P-CUBE system consists of a mobile robot, a program mat, programming blocks, and a personal computer (PC). The programming blocks utilize radio frequency identification (RFID) tags alone, and thus require no precision equipment such as microcomputers. Furthermore, since P-CUBE is designed to be operated via tactile information, it can be utilized by visually impaired persons. In this paper, we report on the P-CUBE system configuration and a programming workshop held for visuarlly impaired persons. We then propose P-CUBE device improvements formulated through subjective assessments obtained from workshop participants.
Keywords :
computer science education; handicapped aids; haptic interfaces; mobile robots; programming; radiofrequency identification; teaching; P-CUBE algorithm educational tool; PC; RFID tags; mobile robot; personal computer; program mat; programming blocks; programming concept teaching; radio frequency identification; tactile information; visually impaired persons; Education; Mobile robots; Programming profession; Radiofrequency identification; Robot sensing systems; Algorithm education; Block interface; Programming tool; Tangible inter-face;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Robotic Intelligence In Informationally Structured Space (RiiSS), 2014 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/RIISS.2014.7009180
Filename :
7009180
Link To Document :
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