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Cardboard Robots
Cardboard Robots
https://cardboard.lofirobot.com/
CARDBOARD ROBOTS is a set of free robot plans, apps and building techniques easy to replicate worldwide with recycled materials and basic electronic components.
What I want to do?
What I want to do?
Develop simple and accessible robotic solution and teaching tools for STEAM education worldwide.
Do not buy another plastic toy. Get creative with what you have on hand.
I create:
Robot designs and plans
Interactive educational apps
User manuals and tutorials
Teacher training courses and lessons plans
Who are cardboard robots for?
Cardboard robots are designed to be made at school with students aged from 10 years old and up.
My goal is to make cardboard designs as useful as possible for teachers and educators worldwide. We keep our designs basic so students can build them within limited time frame at school. I propose to use only easily accessible, free (cardboard) when possible, or reasonably cheap (Micro:Bit) tools and components that are available worldwide.
Sustainability is a welcomed side-effect of this approach. My robot designs contain mostly recycled and recyclable materials and connecting elements are reusable (nuts, bolts and rubber bands).
Design principles
Design principles
Simplicity
Cardboard robots are designed for school use thus we always put function over form and try to make the constructions as simple as possible. We are familiar with time constraints of regular school lesson and what you can actually achieve with teenage students in short time.
Accesibility
Cordboard robots is not another STEAM robotics kit. I design free robotic plans, develop freeapps and good practices how to use it at school. I propose only tools that are available and easy to source worldwide.
Since for any robot you need a minimal set of electronic components you have to source yourself we try to use as little of them as possible and only components that are widely available worldwide such as BBC Micro:Bit and regular servo motors.
Opennes
One of the greatest advantages of working with cardboard is a fact that you can modify it any way you want. Use our designs to jumpstart your students creativity and encourage them to find their own way. Engineering type students can work on mechanical problems, storytellers can personalise their robots appearance with any crafty material.
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