An entry model that you can learn while playing.
It's a good idea to show "Star Wars" to get your kids interested in robots and programming, but it's also good to play with Sphero's new product "indi" for preschoolers. You can program the Robocar through a simple colored tile on the floor or a mobile app, so you can get used to it while playing.
Not every child has to be proficient in robotics, and just because he grew up playing with this toy doesn't mean he's going to put a robot like Boston Dynamics' ATLAS at a science fair. .. However, through indi, you will develop problem-solving skills, learn concepts such as pattern recognition and causality, and deepen your understanding of the basic kindergarten curriculum such as color.
Most importantly, indi is a toy that you can use right out of the box without having to launch a smartphone or tablet app or access features. It can also be used as a zero-screen time educational toy if parents and instructors wish, and children can also play with exercise by chasing a small automatic guided vehicle throughout the room.
There's a color sensor on the back of the indi, and the tiles it detects determine how it works, so you don't have to learn mysterious codes. Each colored tile is assigned different instructions such as 90 or 45 degree left or right turn, deceleration, acceleration or stop, and indi will move according to those instructions. By arranging the tiles, it is possible to run the indi in the classroom or throughout the house, so that children can have fun and develop their thinking ability.
If you grow up a little and can use the mobile app, you can also program indi with the Sphero Edu Jr app. In an app that uses simple drag-and-drop programming blocks, you can connect each block to create more complex movements and behaviors. There are also puzzles that increase in difficulty as children learn the concepts of robotics and programming.
It will be shipped in September, but there are currently two kits available that allow you to pre-order indi. The $ 125 Sphero indi Educational Robot Student Kit comes with a robot, 20 silicon colored tiles, 15 programming challenge cards and a protective case, and the $ 1200 Sphero indi Education Robot Class Pack. In addition to the 8 sets of the above-mentioned kits for schools (160 silicon tiles in total), a large case that can charge all robots at once is included.
Source: Sphero (1, 2, 3), IEEE Spectrum, YouTube,
