from hell to paradise ; ; ; was: [plt-scheme] Prereqs for robotic programming

On Feb 17, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Marco Morazan wrote:

>
>> Let's build:
>>
>>  -- a software simulation test bed for robots
>>  -- with an interface that's like the stupid robots BW will program
>>  -- and let's demo in your course how 'program design' can do much  
>> much
>> better than his programming
>>
>
> Interesting proposal. Certainly easier than building a compiler for
> whatever bytecode robot X interprets. I bet I can even get some
> undergrads to contribute to such an effort over a summer.


And get funding for it, eventually. Just make it look
  -- inclusive
  -- embracing the robots guys, too
  -- and outreachy.

:-) -- Matthias