Which Describes You?
Your students do not have a robot at home, but you want to get them involved!
- Make a robot for your classroom that students access remotely
Your students have access to robots at home, and you need tips!
- Manage learning remotely with MakeCode
- Read about teachers’ experiences of teaching the Hummingbird Kit remotely
B. Manage Learning Remotely with MakeCode
MakeCode provides powerful tools for remote teaching—whether you’re in a 1:1 setup where each student has a robot at home, or you’re using a remote robot that students can program from anywhere.
C. Remote Teaching Case Studies
Virtual Robotics Camps with RoboFun
RoboFun takes their traditional camps online with the Hummingbird Robotics Kit!
Undergrads & 5th Graders Co-learn Coding & Robotics
Old Dominion University brings together pre-service teachers, engineering students, and 5th graders to co-learn robotics in a virtual setting.
Middle School Girls Explore Creative Robotics Virtually
Gwynedd Mercy pivoted quickly to create virtual robotics for middle schoolers!
Inspirations & Thanks
Remote Robots was inspired by the Telepresence Robot Kit (TeRK), a project at CMU’s CREATE Lab from 2006-2008. There isn’t much about it on the internet, but here’s a press release and a 2007 paper.
It would not be possible to run these robots without NetsBlox, a project at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering. We’d like to thank Akos Ledeczi, the principal developer of NetsBlox, for explaining the system and sharing examples.