Hummingbird

The Hummingbird Robot is a super creative robotics kit that includes lights, sensors, and motors. Everything is plug and play and the platform supports a variety of programming languages on both computer and mobile devices.

Setup

Example Robots

• Materials: cardboard, poster board, hot glue gun, tape

• Tech: Scratch (online)

• Notes: Find inspiration here for a great starter project. Use tape instead of hot glue for more reusability. See Dot the Bot Scratch project for sample code.

• Subjects: Computer Science, Math, Arts

Squishy Circuits

• Materials: conductive and insulating dough

• Tech: Snap! (online)

More Ideas

• Monsters & Myth

• Robot Theater

• Poetry in Motion

• Literary Bots

• Project Ideas

• Notes: Lots of great ideas here for bringing poetry, stories or historical events to life.

• Subject areas: Language Arts, History, Computer Science