Components, curriculum, and community: robots and robotics in undergraduate AI education.(artificial intelligence)

Robot platforms have played a fundamental role in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for more than 30 years. Yet it is only recently that physically embodied agents have become a viable tool in the undergraduate AI classroom. Examples of the flurry of activity in this area include competitions and exhibitions, the growing options for low-cost robot hardware and software, and a number of recent workshops and symposia. This special issue of AI Magazine grew out of the 2004 AAAI spring symposium on Accessible, Hands-on AI and Robotics Education. In this article, we seek to…