<s>
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
is	O
a	O
project	O
within	O
the	O
German	O
education	O
initiative	O
"	O
Roberta	O
—	O
Learning	O
with	O
robots	O
"	O
,	O
initiated	O
by	O
Fraunhofer	O
IAIS	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
institute	O
belonging	O
to	O
the	O
Fraunhofer	O
Society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Fraunhofer	O
IAIS	O
is	O
looking	O
to	O
encourage	O
children	O
to	O
code	O
by	O
using	O
robots	O
such	O
as	O
Lego	B-Application
Mindstorms	I-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
programmable	O
hardware	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Arduino	O
,	O
BBC	O
micro:bit	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Calliope	B-Device
mini	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cloud-approach	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
simplify	O
programming	O
concepts	O
and	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
teachers	O
and	O
schools	O
to	O
teach	O
how	O
to	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
is	O
free	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
any	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
is	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
programming	O
environment	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
user-facing	O
middleware	O
in	O
a	O
chain	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
firmware	O
bits	O
that	O
make	O
a	O
robot	O
work	O
in	O
a	O
classroom	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
environment	O
allows	O
children	O
and	O
young	O
people	O
with	O
no	O
technical	O
pre-knowledge	O
to	O
program	O
a	O
LEGO	B-Application
MINDSTORMS	I-Application
EV3	O
and	O
NXT	B-Application
robot	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Arduino	O
based	O
robot	O
Bot'n	O
Roll	O
ONE	O
A	O
,	O
the	O
BBC	O
micro:bit	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Calliope	B-Device
mini	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
2.3.0	O
,	O
the	O
microboard	O
B-O-B-3	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
release	O
3.0	O
the	O
microboards	O
Arduino	O
Uno	O
,	O
Arduino	O
Nano	O
and	O
Arduino	O
Mega	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
programmed	O
using	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
uses	O
the	O
approach	O
of	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
based	O
programming	O
environment	O
no	O
installation	O
is	O
needed	O
and	O
any	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
Mac	O
OS	O
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	O
)	O
and	O
computer	O
hardware	O
device	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
advantages	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
any	O
device	O
(	O
PC	O
,	O
tablet	O
,	O
smartphone	O
)	O
;	O
only	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
is	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
2.2.1	O
,	O
the	O
Linux-based	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
EV3dev	O
is	O
officially	O
supported	O
for	O
the	O
LEGO	B-Application
MINDSTORMS	I-Application
EV3	O
robot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
languages	O
:	O
Catalan	O
,	O
Czech	O
,	O
Danish	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
English	O
,	O
Finnish	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Polish	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
Spanish	O
and	O
Turkish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programming	O
platform	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
is	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
development	O
tools	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
server	O
of	O
Fraunhofer	O
Society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEPO	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
meta	O
programming	O
language	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
students	O
,	O
scholars	O
,	O
teachers	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
interested	O
persons	O
within	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEPO	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
graphical	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
its	O
coupled	O
hardware	O
connection	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEPO	O
uses	O
the	O
freely	O
available	O
Blockly	B-Language
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
within	O
NEPO	O
there	O
are	O
additional	O
functionalities	O
and	O
improvements	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
adapted	O
for	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programming	O
paradigm	O
of	O
NEPO	O
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
Scratch	B-Language
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Massachusetts	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
offers	O
the	O
functionality	O
to	O
program	O
artificial	O
neural	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
integration	O
,	O
the	O
topic	O
"	O
Artificial	O
Intelligence	O
"	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
feature	O
makes	O
AI	O
algorithms	O
intuitively	O
experienceable	O
and	O
understandable	O
through	O
graphical	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
networks	O
programmed	O
by	O
the	O
students	O
can	O
be	O
tested	O
directly	O
in	O
the	O
2D	O
simulation	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
children	O
receive	O
immediate	O
feedback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
beta	O
1.3.0	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
Lab	O
also	O
offers	O
a	O
simulation	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
is	O
a	O
technological	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Roberta	O
concept	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
"	O
Bundessieger	O
2015	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
challenge	O
"	O
Germany	O
Land	O
of	O
Ideas	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
education	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Open	B-Application
Roberta	I-Application
won	O
the	O
bitkom	O
award	O
"	O
d-elina	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
professional	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
