This paper introduces the MIddlesex RoboTic platfOrm (MIRTO), an open-source platform that has been used for teaching First Year Computer Science students since the academic year 2013/2014, with the aim of providing a physical manifestation of Software Engineering concepts that are often delivered using only abstract or synthetic case studies. In this paper we provide a detailed description of the platform, whose hardware specifications and software libraries are all released open source; we describe a number of teaching usages of the platform, report students' projects, and evaluate some of its aspects in terms of effectiveness, usability, and maintenance.
MIRTO: An open-source robotic platform for education / K. Androutsopoulos, L. Aristodemou, J. Boender, M. Bottone, E. Currie, I. El-Aroussi, B. Fields, L. Gheri, N. Gorogiannis, M. Heeney, M. Micheletti, M. Loomes, M. Margolis, M. Petridi, A. Piermarteri, G. Primiero, F. Raimondi, N. Weldin - In: ECSEE'18: Proceedings[s.l] : ACM, 2018. - ISBN 9781450363839. - pp. 55-62 (( Intervento presentato al 3. convegno European Conference on Software Engineering Education (ECSEE) tenutosi a Seeon nel 2018 [10.1145/3209087.3209106].
MIRTO: An open-source robotic platform for education
G. Primiero;
2018
Abstract
This paper introduces the MIddlesex RoboTic platfOrm (MIRTO), an open-source platform that has been used for teaching First Year Computer Science students since the academic year 2013/2014, with the aim of providing a physical manifestation of Software Engineering concepts that are often delivered using only abstract or synthetic case studies. In this paper we provide a detailed description of the platform, whose hardware specifications and software libraries are all released open source; we describe a number of teaching usages of the platform, report students' projects, and evaluate some of its aspects in terms of effectiveness, usability, and maintenance.
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