Programming a humanoid robot with the scratch language

Sílvia Moros; Luke Wood; Ben Robins; Kerstin Dautenhahn; Álvaro Castro-González

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_20

Programming a humanoid robot with the scratch language

Sílvia Moros, Luke Wood, Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Álvaro Castro-González

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Abstract

In this paper we present a novel approach to programme Kaspar, a 22 DOF humanoid robot used for robot-assisted therapy with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The original software used to programme Kaspar was developed to primarily be used in research. However, Kaspar is now used increasingly in other environments, operated by non-roboticists. While Kaspar has a user-friendly interface to be operated by non-programmers, new games or behaviours were mainly created by the research team; thus, we needed to develop an interface that would allow non-roboticists to programme Kaspar. As a solution, we used the Scratch programming language. We tested the Scratch interface with over 170 school children aged 7 to 10, who had the chance to programme Kaspar and give their feedback. In general terms, Scratch was thought to be a fun, useful and easy way to programme Kaspar, and the majority of the children were willing to use it again.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Robotics in Education
Subtitle of host publication	Current Research and Innovations
Editors	Munir Merdan, Wilfried Lepuschitz, Gottfried Koppensteiner, Richard Balogh, David Obdržálek
Publisher	Springer Nature Link
Pages	222-233
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030269456
ISBN (Print)	9783030269449
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_20
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Event	10th International Conference on Robotics in Education, RiE 2019 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 10 Apr 2019 → 12 Apr 2019

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	1023
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Robotics in Education, RiE 2019
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	10/04/19 → 12/04/19

Keywords

BabyRobot project
Block programming
Human-robot interaction
Scratch
UI
User Interface

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Moros, S., Wood, L., Robins, B., Dautenhahn, K., & Castro-González, Á. (2020). Programming a humanoid robot with the scratch language. In M. Merdan, W. Lepuschitz, G. Koppensteiner, R. Balogh, & D. Obdržálek (Eds.), Robotics in Education: Current Research and Innovations (pp. 222-233). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1023). Springer Nature Link. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_20

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Moros, S , Wood, L , Robins, B , Dautenhahn, K & Castro-González, Á 2020, Programming a humanoid robot with the scratch language. in M Merdan, W Lepuschitz, G Koppensteiner, R Balogh & D Obdržálek (eds), Robotics in Education: Current Research and Innovations. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1023, Springer Nature Link, pp. 222-233, 10th International Conference on Robotics in Education, RiE 2019, Vienna, Austria, 10/04/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_20

Programming a humanoid robot with the scratch language. / Moros, Sílvia ; Wood, Luke ; Robins, Ben et al.
Robotics in Education: Current Research and Innovations. ed. / Munir Merdan; Wilfried Lepuschitz; Gottfried Koppensteiner; Richard Balogh; David Obdržálek. Springer Nature Link, 2020. p. 222-233 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1023).

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Moros S , Wood L , Robins B , Dautenhahn K, Castro-González Á. Programming a humanoid robot with the scratch language. In Merdan M, Lepuschitz W, Koppensteiner G, Balogh R, Obdržálek D, editors, Robotics in Education: Current Research and Innovations. Springer Nature Link. 2020. p. 222-233. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). Epub 2019 Aug 7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_20

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