Title :
An Educational Robotic Game for Transit Education Based on the Lego MindStorms NXT Platform
Author :
Marckson Monteiro da Silva;José Francisco de Magalhães Netto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Fed. Univ. of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper describes the development of aneducational game using Lego MindStorms NXT 1.0platform of educational robotics and Java technology,seeking the construction of knowledge about the TransitEducation for children, in a fun and interesting way.With this game children can experience situations ofurban traffic, leading to reflections on what attitude totake in view of typical situations. The game seeks tosimulate urban traffic close to real-world situation.
Keywords :
"Games","Education","Bluetooth","Mobile robots","Buildings","Mobile communication"
Conference_Titel :
Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGAMES), 2010 Brazilian Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-391-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2159-6662
DOI :
10.1109/SBGAMES.2010.10