How is your research making it easier for everyday people—not just engineers—to program and control the machines we rely on?

Complex, but practically useful technologies like robots and drones are becoming a part of everyday life. There is a real need for non-engineers to be able to control and even program these devices. By using block-based programming and, in the near future, conversational programming, users without a technical background can interact with them on their own terms. Programming a robot becomes telling a story and configuring a drone task, a conversation.