TIETRONIX SOFTWARE INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: With the need to attract and retain students to the science, technology, engineering, and

Description

With the need to attract and retain students to the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, it is important to capture students'interest as early as possible. There are student robotics programs around the nation that appear to provide great excitement for students. These robots require skills in programming and logic, which may be difficult for a first-time programmer. Video games also provide excitement for students. In the video gaming world, graphic novels are becoming a popular style for games targeted for children. This Project Team proposes to bring the best of educational gaming, art, and the story of graphic novels together with education in computer science and programming skills, and the ever-popular and successful robotics competitions into a serious game called"Aegis". The programming language and robot for the project is RobotC for LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 robotics kit, and the output from the game can be used as code for the physical robot. These products are already heavily used in the educational setting and robotics competitions, making this game easily extensible into, and with, the educational opportunities at in educational institutions. Aegis will run on desktop computers and on mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones.