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Robot Rescue Responder: Learning Robot Programming through Playing Computer Games
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[Date: November 2014] The game system was demonstrated at the Math and fun fair on Saturday November 22, 2014. In our estimates more than 250 childrenvisited our game stand, and a good percentage of these children played the game. The ages spanned the entire K-12 range. Many of the children enjoyed game, and some were curious about the code behind it, so we showed the code and explained how it worked.

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[Date: November 2014] The game system was tested by a class at Edina Public High School on Thursday November 20, 2014. A total of 31 high school students participated in the event under the supervision of Mr. Ward Jensen. The event was a success, and overall feedback was that students really enjoyed it. We thank Edina High for their support.

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[Date: August 2014] The game design system and some examples of games have been demonstrated at the State Fair, University Pavillion on Sunday August 31, 2014. Visit us to play some games and to give us feeback on the game design.

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[Date: April 2014] Project funded by the National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) program with grant NSF IIP-1346380 to Moai Technologies LLC and the University of Minnesota. It is in collaboration with Moai Technologies LLC, LudasLabs LLC, and Edina Public High School. Moai Technologies LLC is a small, Minneapolis-based company dedicated to bringing the most advanced and innovative technologies to market.