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for the educational material; all of the Mobsya team for the
effort in production and sale; and Fabian Hahn for the port
of Blockly.
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Francesco Mondada, Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques,
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
E-mail: francesco.mondada@epfl.ch.
Michael Bonani, Mobsya, Renens, Switzerland. E-mail:
michael.bonani@mobsya.org.
Fanny Riedo, Mobsya, Renens, Switzerland. E-mail: fanny
.riedo@mobsya.org.
Manon Briod, Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. E-mail:
manon.briod@epfl.ch.
Léa Pereyre, Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. E-mail: lea
.pereyre@epfl.ch.
Philippe Rétornaz, Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. E-mail:
philippe.retornaz@epfl.ch.
Stéphane Magnenat, Game Technology Center, Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and Mobsya,
Renens, Switzerland. E-mail: stephane@magnenat.net.

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