Apprendre l'informatique par la programmation des robots : cas de Nao

Abstract

This article aims at studying the acquisition of computer knowledge by bachelor students in a context learning to program with Nao, an humanoid robot. It is a part of an ongoing doctoral dissertation at the Paris Descartes University. Ethnographic observations were performed in the context of realizing projects. We have led periodical group discussions with students and with instructors. Results show the mobilization of much multidisciplinary computer knowledge. Advanced mathematical knowledge, mandatory for Nao’s performance, was limited by the lack of a model which would be required in order to breakdown the tasks into elementary actions.