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Robotics is a versatile tool for teaching STEM topics, as it supports various disciplines, skill sets and target audiences. However, controllers used in Educational Robotics are often limited in their use cases. In this regard, Hedgehog tries to be flexible by design. This paper introduces Hedgehog’s architecture, currently implemented and future use cases, and experiences from our first Hedgehog workshops.
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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 665972. Furthermore, the authors want to thank the high school students who contributed to Hedgehog, in particular Markus Klein, Thomas Fellner, and Hassan Mohamad for their work on the Hedgehog IDE.
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Koza, C., Wolff, M., Frank, D., Lepuschitz, W., Koppensteiner, G. (2018). Architectural Overview and Hedgehog in Use. In: Lepuschitz, W., Merdan, M., Koppensteiner, G., Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 630. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62875-2_21
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