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Teaching Cybersecurity with Networked Robots

Authors:

Ákos Lédeczi,

MiklÓs MarÓti,

Nicole Hutchins,

Péter Völgyesi,

Michael B. Smith,

Timothy Darrah,

Xenofon Koutsoukos,

Gautam BiswasAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '19: Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Pages 885 - 891

https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287450

Published: 22 February 2019 Publication History

Abstract

The paper presents RoboScape, a collaborative, networked robotics environment that makes key ideas in computer science accessible to groups of learners in informal learning spaces and K-12 classrooms. RoboScape is built on top of NetsBlox, an open-source, networked, visual programming environment based on Snap! that is specifically designed to introduce students to distributed computation and computer networking. RoboScape provides a twist on the state of the art of robotics learning platforms. First, a user's program controlling the robot runs in the browser and not on the robot. There is no need to download the program to the robot and hence, development and debugging become much easier. Second, the wireless communication between a student's program and the robot can be overheard by the programs of the other students. This makes cybersecurity an immediate need that students realize and can work to address. We have designed and delivered a cybersecurity summer camp to 24 students in grades between 7 and 12. The paper summarizes the technology behind RoboScape, the hands-on curriculum of the camp and the lessons learned.

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DOI:10.1145/3287324

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