Mobile robots approach for teaching programming skills in schools

Teaching programming skills in schools having non-technical background is seen as a challenging task. In this paper an approach is described where mobile robots are used to get students of non-technical schools interested in programming tasks. The proposed method tries to combine pupils play instinct with the intrinsic motivation to win a challenge. Thereby physical and mathematical motivated questions lead directly to vital necessity in using software. The concept which has been performed in a class of 14 year old students is presented and the maid experiences are discussed.