Pitsco Expands Robotics Catalog
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/15/19
STEM
kit seller Pitsco
Education
has introduced a new line of robotics and coding products for its
K-12 classroom catalog. Those include:
-
UKITs,
from robot maker UBTECH
Education,
which come in three flavors: beginner for elementary classrooms,
intermediate for middle school and advanced for high school. Each
set provides snap-together components (including servos) to create
structures and robots that can be run with the company's free app
that teaches coding and 3D design and offers lessons based on the
Next Generation Science Standards;
-
Sets
from Arduino
Education,
including a classroom starter kit bundle for programming and
electronics and an engineering kit to help students learn the
basics, including mechatronics and MATLAB and Simulink programming;
-
KUBO
Robotics'
KUBO Coding and Coding+ sets, which use the TagTile coding robot to
introduce coding concepts in a screen-free way to students in grades
pre-K-5;
-
The
Fable Robot modular construction set from Shape
Robotics,
for use in grades 6-12, which can be programmed using visual
programming language Blockly or Python; and
-
STEM
MIX Kits from Microduino,
which teach students in grades 4-9 about electronic circuitry,
coding and product design.
Pitsco
already sells its own TETRIX
Robots
systems, for students in grades 6-12. These are competition-grade and
can be used by teams who intend to compete in contests such as the
FIRST Tech Challenge.
"Lines of codes might be the
least important outcome of coding, and an assembled bot is not the
end of a robotics classroom activity," said Stephan Turnipseed,
chief strategy officer of Pitsco, in a statement. "Coding and
robotics represent a fantastic opportunity for teachers to help their
students focus on learning in a way that is meaningful and fun.
About the Author
Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.