Robotics

Robotics on the Digital Technologies Hub

Curated list of what robots are available in the 2018 classroom and the pros and cons - More and more robots are appearing in Australian classrooms. This document should guide teachers interested in gaining an overview about robots in the Australian classroom and at what age the technology could be introduced. It isn’t the last word or a shopping guide. It was a labour of collaboration across Australia and is shared on with a creative commons licence and follows on from our 2016 report.

Dot and Dash - Wonder Workshop These robots grow with the children. They can be operated in joystick mode via the Go app, demonstrate cause and effect, show simple binary operations, play music, including an attachable xylophone, record and playback voices and can be programmed with blockly via a visual programming app.

Intro to programming Dash Robots - iTunesU course by St Hilda's school, Southport

Edison robotics - with visual programming

Lego Education Workshops

These are hosted by Modern Teaching Aids and offer a basic and advance EV3 Mindstorms workshop. They also run a Lego WeDo workshop. There is a cost associated, but they are brilliant and worth it.


Lego Ev3 Lessons Lessons and resources to support use of Lego ev3 robots (Sanjay and Arvind Seshan)


Lego Mindstorms robotics



Makeblocks m-bots and more


Ozobots


Robocup Junior - Tutorials


Robogals (UQ)


Sphero


Julia Boultons Diigo library #robotics


Agricultural Robotics in industry - SwarmFarm Robotics