Want feedback & suggestions - Phiro Education Robot - for kids & young people - Learn coding in 5 ways

Hi Guys, we designed a new education robot .

Here are technical details of the product !!!

We have made 3D printed sample robots powered by Arduino on Atmel MCU.

We have Six proximity IR sensors, 2 RGB LED's, Speaker, LiPO battery with USB charging & 2 DC geared motors.

Our idea & focus was to gently introduce coding & robotics to kids and young people so that they can visualize outcome of code they created in the physical world.


Phiro is a LEGOⓇ compatible coding & programmable robot designed for kids and young people.

LEGOⓇ compatibility means kids can be creative and personalize their own creations.


We have created two robots

1. Phiro Unplugged for kids ages 4 to 8.
   
   Kids can learn to code & program the robot without a device or computer!
   
   Parent survey indicated that they wanted for small kids a product which avoided visual screen time.
   
   Phiro Unplugged is a great robotic tool to learn Sequential Programming and fundamentals of Binary Coding via Swish cards.
   
   Pressing keys on the robot, capturing the sequence by a download button and making the bot to move is step one.
   
   Next step was a little higher level of thinking through a series of Swish cards which can be swiped in sequence, captured via download button and making the bot to perform as per instructions.
   
   Pre-programmed Swish cards mimic Scratch blocks and are colour coded (e.g. Music = Pink, Motion = Blue & so on).
   
   Also, kids can create their own code by shading blank Swish cards which have 8 shading boxes with either black or white and one which will be a great tool for educators.
   
   Swish Card tutorial : see Youtube demo
   
   
2. Phiro Pro for young people ages 9 to 18.
   
   Phiro Pro engages young people at the next level by stimulating coding concepts using free open-source programming languages.
   
   The idea was to leverage existing programming software (like Scratch 2.0/Snap!/Pocket Code) for new hardware instead of introducing a brand new programming environment for new robotic toy.
   
   Program Phiro Pro, in bluetooth mode, with a computer, tablet or smartphone connected wirelessly to Scratch 2.0 (MIT, USA), Snap4Arduino (UC Berkeley/Citilab, Spain), Pocket Code mobile apps (Graz University of Technology, Austria).
   
   Phiro Pro also has all the capabilities of Phiro Unplugged.
   
   Scratch/Snap! are known to millions of kids world wide.
   
   Pocket Code mobile app’s are based on and very similar to Scratch from MIT USA. In many developing countries Laptops are expensive and not easily available. However use of Smart Phone world-wide due it's high penetration and its popularity among the younger generation is well known. Children can leapfrog technology and skip PC’s completely. Also Smart phones come pre equipped with many on board sensors & apps which too can interact in the physical world with Phiro robots. Coding & controlling Phiro robots via Pocket Code is a game changer.
   
   Todays generation love the feature of Connecting to a community on-line enabling collaboration, sharing & learning.
   
   Tutorial of using Phiro with Scratch & Pocket Code : see YouTube demo
   
   
3. Do Let us know if our concepts & ideas are on right track.
   Any idea or suggestion is welcome.
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