KALA: Robotic Platform for Teaching Algorithmic Thinking to Children

Oscar Javier Castelblanco; Laura Milena Donado; Eduardo A. Gerlein; Enrique Gonzalez

doi:10.1109/DEVLRN.2019.8850694

KALA: Robotic Platform for Teaching Algorithmic Thinking to Children

Oscar Javier Castelblanco, Laura Milena Donado, Eduardo A. Gerlein, Enrique Gonzalez

Universidad Javeriana

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Abstract

In the decade of 1970s, KAREL was proposed as innovative way to teach algorithmic thinking to children. This paper discusses the design and implementation of KALA the robot. KALA attempts to bring the world of KAREL to real life, incorporating a platform that consists of a differential robot, a mobile application and a customizable and interactive labyrinth board. KALAs programming is performed using the mobile app, where the user programs a series of instructions that KALA will execute navigating across an interactive labyrinth board. Several tests with users showed improvement in algorithm thinking with just a few attempts to use the platform.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019
Editors	Amir Aly, Estela Bicho, Sofiane Boucenna, Bruno Castro da Silva, Mohamed Chetouani, Angel P. del Pobil, Julien Diard, Stephane Doncieux, Tilbe Goksun, Angela Grimminger, Frank Guerin, Yoshinobu Hagiwara, Lorenzo Jamone, Sinan Kalkan, Bruno Lara, Clement Moulin-Frier, Shingo Murata, Takayuki Nagai, Yukie Nagai, Iris Nomikou, Masaki Ogino, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Alfredo F. Pereira, Alexandre Pitti, Joanna Raczaszek-Leonardi, Sebastian Risi, Benjamin Rosman, Yulia Sandamirskaya, Malte Schilling, Alessandra Sciutti, Patricia Shaw, Andrea Soltoggio, Michael Spranger, Tadahiro Taniguchi, Serge Thill, Jochen Triesch, Emre Ugur, Anna-Lisa Vollmer
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	260-265
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538681282
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2019.8850694
State	Published - Aug 2019
Event	9th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019 - Oslo, Norway Duration: 19 Aug 2019 → 22 Aug 2019

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Name	2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019

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Conference	9th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Oslo
Period	19/08/19 → 22/08/19

Keywords

Active learning
Contributions of interaction to learning
Educational robots
Use of Robots in Applied Settings

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Castelblanco, O. J., Donado, L. M., Gerlein, E. A., & Gonzalez, E. (2019). KALA: Robotic Platform for Teaching Algorithmic Thinking to Children. In A. Aly, E. Bicho, S. Boucenna, B. Castro da Silva, M. Chetouani, A. P. del Pobil, J. Diard, S. Doncieux, T. Goksun, A. Grimminger, F. Guerin, Y. Hagiwara, L. Jamone, S. Kalkan, B. Lara, C. Moulin-Frier, S. Murata, T. Nagai, Y. Nagai, I. Nomikou, M. Ogino, P.-Y. Oudeyer, A. F. Pereira, A. Pitti, J. Raczaszek-Leonardi, S. Risi, B. Rosman, Y. Sandamirskaya, M. Schilling, A. Sciutti, P. Shaw, A. Soltoggio, M. Spranger, T. Taniguchi, S. Thill, J. Triesch, E. Ugur, ... A.-L. Vollmer (Eds.), 2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019 (pp. 260-265). Article 8850694 (2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2019.8850694

Castelblanco, Oscar Javier ; Donado, Laura Milena ; Gerlein, Eduardo A. et al. / KALA : Robotic Platform for Teaching Algorithmic Thinking to Children. 2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019. editor / Amir Aly ; Estela Bicho ; Sofiane Boucenna ; Bruno Castro da Silva ; Mohamed Chetouani ; Angel P. del Pobil ; Julien Diard ; Stephane Doncieux ; Tilbe Goksun ; Angela Grimminger ; Frank Guerin ; Yoshinobu Hagiwara ; Lorenzo Jamone ; Sinan Kalkan ; Bruno Lara ; Clement Moulin-Frier ; Shingo Murata ; Takayuki Nagai ; Yukie Nagai ; Iris Nomikou ; Masaki Ogino ; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer ; Alfredo F. Pereira ; Alexandre Pitti ; Joanna Raczaszek-Leonardi ; Sebastian Risi ; Benjamin Rosman ; Yulia Sandamirskaya ; Malte Schilling ; Alessandra Sciutti ; Patricia Shaw ; Andrea Soltoggio ; Michael Spranger ; Tadahiro Taniguchi ; Serge Thill ; Jochen Triesch ; Emre Ugur ; Anna-Lisa Vollmer. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 260-265 (2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019).

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Castelblanco, OJ, Donado, LM, Gerlein, EA & Gonzalez, E 2019, KALA: Robotic Platform for Teaching Algorithmic Thinking to Children. in A Aly, E Bicho, S Boucenna, B Castro da Silva, M Chetouani, AP del Pobil, J Diard, S Doncieux, T Goksun, A Grimminger, F Guerin, Y Hagiwara, L Jamone, S Kalkan, B Lara, C Moulin-Frier, S Murata, T Nagai, Y Nagai, I Nomikou, M Ogino, P-Y Oudeyer, AF Pereira, A Pitti, J Raczaszek-Leonardi, S Risi, B Rosman, Y Sandamirskaya, M Schilling, A Sciutti, P Shaw, A Soltoggio, M Spranger, T Taniguchi, S Thill, J Triesch, E Ugur & A-L Vollmer (eds), 2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019., 8850694, 2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 260-265, 9th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019, Oslo, Norway, 19/08/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2019.8850694

KALA: Robotic Platform for Teaching Algorithmic Thinking to Children. / Castelblanco, Oscar Javier; Donado, Laura Milena; Gerlein, Eduardo A. et al.
2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019. ed. / Amir Aly; Estela Bicho; Sofiane Boucenna; Bruno Castro da Silva; Mohamed Chetouani; Angel P. del Pobil; Julien Diard; Stephane Doncieux; Tilbe Goksun; Angela Grimminger; Frank Guerin; Yoshinobu Hagiwara; Lorenzo Jamone; Sinan Kalkan; Bruno Lara; Clement Moulin-Frier; Shingo Murata; Takayuki Nagai; Yukie Nagai; Iris Nomikou; Masaki Ogino; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer; Alfredo F. Pereira; Alexandre Pitti; Joanna Raczaszek-Leonardi; Sebastian Risi; Benjamin Rosman; Yulia Sandamirskaya; Malte Schilling; Alessandra Sciutti; Patricia Shaw; Andrea Soltoggio; Michael Spranger; Tadahiro Taniguchi; Serge Thill; Jochen Triesch; Emre Ugur; Anna-Lisa Vollmer. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 260-265 8850694 (2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019).

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Castelblanco OJ, Donado LM, Gerlein EA , Gonzalez E. KALA: Robotic Platform for Teaching Algorithmic Thinking to Children. In Aly A, Bicho E, Boucenna S, Castro da Silva B, Chetouani M, del Pobil AP, Diard J, Doncieux S, Goksun T, Grimminger A, Guerin F, Hagiwara Y, Jamone L, Kalkan S, Lara B, Moulin-Frier C, Murata S, Nagai T, Nagai Y, Nomikou I, Ogino M, Oudeyer PY, Pereira AF, Pitti A, Raczaszek-Leonardi J, Risi S, Rosman B, Sandamirskaya Y, Schilling M, Sciutti A, Shaw P, Soltoggio A, Spranger M, Taniguchi T, Thill S, Triesch J, Ugur E, Vollmer AL, editors, 2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 260-265. 8850694. (2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019). doi: 10.1109/DEVLRN.2019.8850694

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