LEGO Mindstorms sets are counted among the most widespread tools for teaching robotics and programming. The third generation of this set (after RCX and NXT) is presently available on the market in two versions: Education, for general school use, and Home, for individual consumers. What are the differences between the two? Is the costly [...]
LEGO Boost #17101 is the newest robotics set produced by LEGO. This product, unlike the LEGO WeDo series created for educational purposes, was designed for individual customers – children and their parents. RoboCAMP team decided to check how far the differences go. Generally, user reviews are rather disapproving. This is quite surprising, because the [...]
Welcome to the second part of our review about tools for teaching robotics. This time, we are taking a closer look at products designed for working with younger children, aged 6 to 9 years. Out of all products recommended for this age group, we thoroughly tested Dash&Dot, ScottieGo!, LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 and Ozobot sets. We have [...]
RoboCAMP first took on teaching robotics and programming in 2006. Since then, we’ve managed to test multiple platforms that are indispensable to teaching robotics and facilitate understanding many programming issues. In recent years, the selection of tools for teaching robotics has significantly expanded and this tendency is bound to continue. [...]
Programming and robotics in school – this topic often becomes a source of distress, even for experienced teachers. However, the anxiety is rarely caused by the difficulty of the subject, but rather by the lack of time and information. For convenience of all interested parties, here’s a short guide containing the most important requirements [...]
For the first time, company from Poland won the international Startup Europe Awards promoted by the European Commission. Wojciech Syrocki, founder of RoboCAMP, received the award on Wednesday evening in Brussels. In the finals participated 84 startups from 14 different countries. The “Eurovision for startups” has reached its grand finale. For the first time, [...]
Easter is a joyful time when we engage in numerous celebrations and special activities. The most notable and fun has to be dyeing eggs and decorating them in different, often very detailed and ornamented, patterns. As you may know, at RoboCAMP, we like to improve on common tasks by designing robots to do the [...]
LEGO Education WeDo is counted among the best tools for teaching robotics to children aged 7 to 9. Currently, this set is available on the market in two versions: the “classic” LEGO WeDo from 2009 and its newer version, WeDo 2.0 from 2016. Each set includes a unique assortment of LEGO bricks and several electronic [...]
Programming is taking schools all over the world by storm. Why teach it? Does everyone need to know how to code? What are the benefits of teaching programming? And finally, how to introduce programming during the very first years of primary school? Read this article and find out for yourself. Challenges standing before contemporary [...]
As the year comes to its end, the festive atmosphere spreads all around. It is no different in the RoboCAMP office. Like everywhere else, Christmas decorations pop up in here as well, but we decided to make them our way. First, we believe that handmade decorations are more precious and embellish house even more [...]