{"id":4417,"date":"2021-07-26T16:24:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makersground.com\/?p=4417"},"modified":"2021-08-24T15:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T12:58:19","slug":"spheros-cute-car-shaped-robot-is-driven-to-teach-kids-about-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makersground.com\/ar\/spheros-cute-car-shaped-robot-is-driven-to-teach-kids-about-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sphero\u2019s cute car-shaped robot is driven to teach kids about programming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sphero, a\u00a0long-time maker<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0robotic toys<\/a>, has announced\u00a0a robotic toy car<\/a>\u00a0that\u2019s designed to teach young children about the fundamentals of programming (via\u00a0Gizmodo<\/em><\/a>). It\u2019s called the Sphero indi, and kids can use different-colored silicone tiles to give the car instructions, letting them create courses and mazes (and hopefully learn how to logically solve problems while doing so).<\/p>\n

The indi uses a color-sensor to check which tile it\u2019s driving over, with green tiles telling it to speed up, pink tiles telling it to turn left, purple tiles telling it to stop and celebrate, and so on. To teach kids how to create instructions to get indi from point A to point B, the toy comes with challenge cards that include patterns with missing tiles, so they\u2019ll have to figure out which color tile will help the car reach its goal.<\/p>\n