when they learn how to
read
and write
and I knew
I have to try to make it possible
children learn they're first foreign
language often in kindergarten or in a
primary school
and usually, they progress very quickly
because they are not afraid of making
mistakes a mispronouncing world words
like all the children or adults do
they're learning unconsciously and
speaking a foreign language becomes
natural to them
my co-founders and I wanted to make
creating this technology natural for the
next generation
so we decided to do it at the age which
would make it a truly natural experience
in kindergarten and in primary school
and we wanted to make it an engaging
play
inspired by lego we decided to make it
possible for children to build their own
technology
how
by creating blocks they can use to build
their own robots
we call them robot wunderkind building
blocks
we take electronic components and put
them inside colorful child-friendly
building blocks
by snapping those blocks together
children create their own robots
we have blue motor blocks
yellow light blocks
red sensor blocks
in order to make the programming experience
very intuitive for young children we
decided to use visual programming
interface
it uses symbols instead of words
so no reading skills is required
and it follows the same color logic so
all commands connected to motors are in
blue
conditions
which require sensors iron red
with robot-wunderkind, we are breaking a
the complex world of robotics and coding
down to its basic elements
and one of the very early projects we
recommend it's a welcoming robot
for that, we need a brain
ultrasonic sensor it measures a distance
to an obstacle to an object in front of
it
led light and a button and I programmed
my robot to greet me to react to my hand
by making a sound and lighting up let's
take a look
hi robot
And now I will interact with it I will
press a button
to switch off the light
those robots are cute and friendly but
by building them children understand one
thing
technology
is not magic it just follows certain
principles
and by learning those principles
early in their lives, they will understand larger and more complex ones later down the line
so once the welcoming bot is built
we'll move on and add some motors and
led metrics and now we have a robot that
can move and also show emotions let's
take a look
our small robot is still happy
And so are children playing with our
building blocks
and what we
personally found very very fascinating
is that children are not afraid of
technology adults are
children building with a robot-wounded kind
building blocks go on and create amazing
projects
like a robot that again can give
massages to animals that just underwent
the surgery
hi I'm Meredith I'm six years old and
for this week's challenge I built a
robot that
brushes pets after surgery
or a robot
that would cut wooden logs into lumber
an important part of a supply chain
ah
or a robot that would join a musical
performance because why not
Today children in 500 schools in more
than 20 countries are building playing
and learning with our building blocks
and i find it fascinating to see how
they master technology and how they come
up with ideas and projects that we never
had
in order to make a lasting change to
make sure that future generations are
not afraid of technology
we need to give them a possibility to be
creative with it early on
and we can make building and programming
robots a children's game
thank you
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