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Re: Programming - Getting Started

Sorry Marc. I didn't notice this right away.

I have some books I've taken excerpts from for the kids to read, such as
Programming Robot Controllers by Myke Predko
The Personal Robot Navigator by Miller, Winkless, and Bosworth
and some random articles I've used with students.
Obviously covering state machines, but also some behavioral programming, waypoint navigation, that type of thing.

I've found most kids respond most rapidly to programs structured as a series of lessons of increasing complexity where they can get down to experimenting with autonomous driving their first day on the job so to speak. (I purposely use robots that don't have remote controls.)

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Originally Posted by marccenter View Post
Mark,
I have already looked for some articles on autonomous programming and have found a few. Do you have a favorites list or best list for less experience autonomous programmers?
I'll have to think about a favorite articles list.
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