Vivek Mano believes two basic facts ... basics and fundamentals of programming. If a child can figure out how to implement a step-by-step method to move the robot with individual music notes ...

It is called natural language programming ... on developing a system where you teach a robot a task by literally talking it through the steps involved in much the same way as you might teach ...

Dan Shapiro’s Robot Turtles ... are climbed one step at a time. Think of Primo as the very first step in a child’s programming education. Primo provides the very basic ABC of programming ...