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'''Enchanting''' is a free and open-source cross-platform educational programming language designed to program Lego Mindstorms NXT robots.<ref name="GEEK_in_Sydney">[http://www.geekinsydney.com/713/enchanting-robotics-is-just-magic/ Enchanting robotics is just magic], GEEK in Sydney, 8 May 2012</ref> It is primarily developed by Southern Alberta Robotics Enthusiasts group in the province of Alberta, {{wipe|Canada}}, and runs on [[Software:Mac OS X|Mac OS X]], [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]], and experimentally on [[Software:Linux|Linux]] devices. Since 2013, the Enchanting version 0.2 has been available.

==Technology==
Its predecessor, the 1998 Robotics Invention System was developed by [[Scratch (programming language)|Scratch]] developer team led by Mitch Resnick at [[Organization:MIT Media Lab|MIT Media Lab]]. Based on BYOB, which is developed by the [[Organization:University of California|University of California]], Berkeley, the current version of Enchanting runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 (but not Windows 8 RT); on [[Software:Mac OS X|Mac OS X]] it runs on version 10.4 and newer; and on Linux it runs on [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] version 10.10.

==Educational resources, use and events==
It has been used in secondary-to-tertiary computer science program at Monash University in Australia, where an interactive PDF book for use on computer or iPad, titled ''Robotics with Enchanting and LEGO® NXT'' is available for free download. Most recent ''SABRE Games'', organized in 2013 by Southern Alberta Robotics Enthusiasts group, consisted of three disciplines: ''Tug Of War'', where two robots are tied together with a string and each tries to pull its opponent over the center line; ''Sumo'', where two robots are placed in a sumo ring and each tries to find and push its opponent out without going out of the ring itself; and ''Parade'', where robots follow a line trying not to crash into the robot in front.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://enchanting.robotclub.ab.ca/tiki-index.php Home page], enchanting.robotclub.ab.ca, {{wipe|Canada}}
* [https://monash-blockbooks.appspot.com/#enchanting ''Robotics with Enchanting and LEGO® NXT'']: ''A Project Based Introduction to Programming'', {{wipe|Australia}}

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