Cozmo by Anki
Cozmo is the first AI-powered robot that became available for students to explore AI while learning to code. Cozmo is equipped with proximity sensors, a gyroscope and a downward-facing cliff detector, and a camera, which allows it to sense its environment. Cozmo has a vision capability, which allows it to learn human faces and objects, and sense human feelings. It provides several coding options, such as Code Lab – a block coding environment, built on Scratch Blocks, for younger students and Python. It provides SDKs for expert programmers to explore its AI capabilities. Code Lab is a coding app that runs on tablets. Calypso (https://calypso.software/) is another coding app for Cozmo. It also runs on tablets. Calypso is a simple tile-based user interface to teach robot logic and behavior. It also provides an AI lesson that encourages students to learn how AI works while developing coding skills. RedyAI, a company promoting AI education based in Pittsburgh, developed an AI education unit for elementary school students (https://edu.readyai.org/courses/lesson-plans-elementary-school/). The lessons incorporate project-based learning and let students explore AI concepts with a special focus on AI ethics and AI for social good. Cozmo is currently not available; however, it will become available again in Fall 2021.
Zumi by RoboLink
Zumi, by Robolink (https://www.robolink.com/zumi/), is a self-driving car robot that has capabilities of vision and navigation and allows students to explore AI, machine learning, computer vision, mapping, and self-driving decision-making. She is Raspberry Pi based robot equipped with a gyrometer, accelerometer, camera, and six IR sensors to navigate her environment. Zumi can be controlled with Blockly and Python. Blockly is a block coding app for younger students. Zumi can be trained to identify objects and make decisions accordingly or trained to identify different faces.