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International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs

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Tangible Programming Gimmick Using RFID Systems Considering the Use of Visually Impairments

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We developed P-CUBE as a tangible programming education tool for visually impairments or inexperienced persons in PC operation. Users are able to control a mobile robot simply by positioning blocks on a mat. The fundamental programming concepts taught by P-CUBE consist of three elements: sequences, branches and loops. These systems uses radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to identify the position of blocks or cards on the mat. Blocks utilize RFID tags alone. P-CUBE is designed to operate via tactile information for visually impaired.

We report on the system configurations of P-CUBE and programming workshop held for visually impairments. Then, we discuss merits of tangible programming tools using RFID systems.

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  1. Department of Intelligent Systems Design Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama, 939-0398, Japan

    Tatsuo Motoyoshi, Naoki Tetsumura, Hiroyuki Masuta, Ken’ihci Koyanagi, Toru Oshima & Hiroshi Kawakami

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  1. Institute Integriert Studieren, Universität Linz, Linz, Austria

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  2. Rehabilitationswissenschaften, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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  3. Masaryk University , Brno, Czech Republic

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Motoyoshi, T., Tetsumura, N., Masuta, H., Koyanagi, K., Oshima, T., Kawakami, H. (2016). Tangible Programming Gimmick Using RFID Systems Considering the Use of Visually Impairments. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C., Penaz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9758. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_7

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