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Grape – Graphical Robot Programming for Beginners

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Research and Education in Robotics — EUROBOT 2008 (EUROBOT 2008)

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Abstract

Using robot kits for education in schools and universities, we found that there is a lack in tools for teaching the structures of an object oriented programming language. Thus, we decided to develop a graphical programming environment for the beginner, using procedural concepts together with given objects.

The described tool is able to produce C++ code from the graphical user input. So, the mapping between a flow chart and the syntax of the programming language is directly visualized. Additionally, the environment can easily be extended by the user to use additional C++ classes or to create code for different controllers or PC processors.

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  1. University of Applied Sciences Isny, Germany

    Stefan Enderle

  2. qfix robotics GmbH, Senden, Germany

    Stefan Enderle

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  1. Electrical Engineering, SRH University of Applied Sciences, Heidelberg, Germany

    Achim Gottscheber

  2. qfix robotics, Senden, Germany

    Stefan Enderle

  3. Department of Software Engineering, School of Computer Science, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic

    David Obdrzalek

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Enderle, S. (2009). Grape – Graphical Robot Programming for Beginners. In: Gottscheber, A., Enderle, S., Obdrzalek, D. (eds) Research and Education in Robotics — EUROBOT 2008. EUROBOT 2008. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03558-6_17

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