The Blue-Bot Swarm brings coding to life for a whole class at once. With six rechargeable Blue-Bot floor robots and a charging dock, students build a sequence of instructions, press go and watch their program play out step by step — a hands-on, screen-free introduction to computational thinking.
Children can program each robot straight from its on-board buttons, or connect the free iOS or Android app to build more advanced sequences. It's also compatible with the TacTile Code Reader (not included) for tactile, screen-free coding.
What's included:
- 6 × Blue-Bot rechargeable floor robots
- 1 × rechargeable docking station that charges all six at once
- Suitable for ages 6 and up
What students practise:
- Writing, testing and debugging simple programs
- Logical reasoning — predicting what the robot will do before pressing go
- Breaking a bigger task into smaller steps
- Sequencing movements, and thinking about direction and space
Because the docking station keeps every robot charged, there's no hunting for batteries between lessons — just pick them up and teach. TTS also continues to update the companion app for three years after a product is discontinued, so a class set keeps earning its place in your room.
Blue-Bot Rechargeable Programmable Floor Robot
Blue Bot has several buttons on its back that help control and connect it via Bluetooth to your device. By programming their clever new robots remotely, students can use the command keys to send Blue Bot in any direction across the floor (forwards, backwards, left and right), whilst also being taught counting, sequencing and estimation in a fun, problem-solving setting.
Blue-Bot’s Features
Blue Bot has functionality like never seen before. It can manoeuvre 45 and 90 degree turns, allowing children across Australia to program Blue Bot to construct a variety of drawings and shapes, as well as travelling through complex pathways. Its sturdy shell is incredibly durable to the inevitable classroom mishaps, and the translucent structure permits students to actually see their programs ticking away inside the intricate components of Blue Bot’s technological brain.
Blue-Bot’s own app
The Blue Bot app is completely free, and available for download to all devices in Australia via the Apple Store for Apple products, the Google store for Android, and with Windows and Mac software in the Terrapin Downloads section.
Upon opening, you will find that the app has a detailed ‘explore mode’ which places children in front of varying degrees of fun challenges and puzzles, in which they can use their robot to complete and consequently learn all the delicate secrets of computer programming.
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