roboworld 0.1.1

Educational roboter world for learning the basic programming concepts.

roboworld is an educational Python-package designed for students to learn the basic programming concepts, such as,

• variables,

• function calls,

• conditionals,

• loops and

• recursion.

It consists of a World and the Agent, a roboter that can be moved within the World. The World is a two-dimensional grid consisting of an Agent, a spatial goal (a special gridpoint), movable and immovable objects. The World can be seen as a cellular atomaton. Students have to design algorithm that move the Agent to its goal.

However, the Agent only offers very basic methods, such as,

• move one step forward,

• turn left by 90 degree,

• check if there is an obstacle in front.

Therefore, students have to prorgamm more sophisticated methods by themselves. The learning goal is that they, step by step, build a set of function to navigate within different worlds. And by doing so, they hopefully pick up the most important programming fundamentals.