12Blocks: A Simple Block Language that lets Kids Program Sophisticated Multi-core Robots
Google Tech Talk
May 12, 2010
ABSTRACT
Presented by Hano Sander
Hano Sander built a simple programming language that’s used by kids to explore robotics. His talk will focus on using the block based paradigm to write programs for TBot – a wireless, speech enabled robot that communicates to form swarms- and fits in a child’s hand. He will show plenty of demos and explore how robots can be used in the classroom.
Hanno Sander caught the entrepreur bug after graduating from Stanford. He’s now developing sophisticated robots and software in New Zealand. He has co-authored the official guide for the Parallax Propeller and co-founded the OneRobot.org foundation, a non-profit bringing robots to classrooms.
Also see the Hanno’s Google Tech Talk on Dancebots here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmpPm2Di0Bo
Duration : 0:41:13
Tags: google, graphical, language, programming, robotics, talk, tech
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
Excellent !!
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Excellent !!
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August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
He mentions that.
He mentions that.
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
More complex though …
More complex though. But basically the same thing.
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
that looks totally …
that looks totally like the Lego Mindstorms program from like 5 years ago.
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
You should name …
You should name variables automatically based on the connected block. For example, your LED app would name the variable “color”. A second color variable would be called color2, etc.
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
that language is …
that language is used on second life script LSL … god i dont remeber the name of that probject but its really cool and easy
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
I lament that …
I lament that 12Blocks could be used as a teaching tool to introduce students to the concept of information flow that ultimately leads them to traditional typed coding. Once students experience the joy of systems design they are led to the “professional” concept of text-based syntactical state machines. Too many students bail along the way. Traditional coding should be evolving into something like 12Blocks, not the other way around…
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
@williamlweaver:
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@williamlweaver:
LabView is dataflow programming language which is very powerful idea in its own right … but its very different kind of programming than C, Java, or Python.
12Blocks is a graphical implementation of imperative programming. So as a teaching tool it provides a much more direct path from visual programming to traditional typed coding.
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
Really neat stuff, …
Really neat stuff, Hanno!
I want to get a couple TBots!
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
They should …
They should introduce this in all US elementary schools. Our school systems are broken and we are losing to the rest of the world. Something like this would inject some greatness back into the broken system. Good stuff!
August 6th, 2012 at 6:14 am
I love innovation …
I love innovation and there are some great ideas here… But how is this not a reinvention of LabVIEW?