Education & Robotics

How to check if your Thymio is functioning correctly ? Thymio never ceases to amaze us, with its ability to do digital painting and to transform itself into an animal, but it can spring some nasty surprises. Because although this educational robot is robust, it can sometimes suffer from defects. To help you solve the[…]
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In this article, we are going to be looking at the Boe-Bot robot, a robot that is not very well known in Europe, but which dates back quite a long way in its home country, which is the United States. The Boe-Bot, from Parallax is a very well made differential drive two-wheeled robot that is[…]
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Introduction to the Vortex robot The Vortex robot is designed by DFRobot. It’s a programmable robot based on Arduino UNO and it’s equipped with leds, different sensors and a Bluetooth module. This module allows the robot to communicate with other devices and applications. In this guide, we will show how to quickly set up your[…]
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Thymio is a small robot you can use to explore the world of robotics and to learn the robot language. It’s designed for a large range of ages because it offers different levels of programming . This article explains the differences between the three types of programming: VPL , Blockly , Text (and you’ll know[…]
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Who is this exercice for? What will the pupils discover? Goal of the exercice The pupils, in pairs, will use a Thymio robot to draw a picture. The tracing of each line must be programmed by the pupils using the Timer function of the Aseba VPL software. Timer/Timer elapsed functions Timer elapsed This event occurs when the[…]
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Christmas is just around the corner, and we’ve decided to give you a hand with your shopping by putting together a small selection of our favourite kits and robots. There’s something for everyone, young or old, from budding robotics engineers to seasoned experts! Get started in electronics with the SparkFun Inventor’s Kit for MicroView You[…]
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A new application for Dash & Dot : Wonder The applications developed for the Dash & Dot are usually beautiful and well thought out . With a fun and colourful design the youngsters love, the Go , Path and Blockly apps offer a smooth learning curve in a stimulating environment, perfect for the children who want[…]
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  This article presents NXT-G, the development environment supplied with Lego Mindstorms NXT. We will be presenting the main characteristics of this graphical environment and describing how to use and design a program using NXT-G. Lego Mindstorms NXT The Lego Mindstorms NXT kit has been on the market since 2006. This robot is easy to[…]
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In this first Metabot tutorial, we are going to show you how to customise your legged robot by adding a camera module which will deliver a video stream. That way, you will be able to see through your Metabot’s eyes! List of the necessary components for this project Here is the list of the different[…]
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Dexter industries, renowned for bringing BrickPi to the world, is organizing a « Pi/e Day contest » to celebrate Pi Day on March 14th. The contest started on this day and you can still send your submission until 26th April 2015. To participate, simply submit an entry related to Pi (Greek letter “π”) by 26th[…]
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