What criteria makes a good educational robot?
- Wheels vs arms vs legs
- Visual vs text based programming
- Gamified vs serious
- At home vs at school<p>I am interested in practical experiences and feeling you had using them/watching kids use them.
I have used this one: <a href="https://www.poppy-project.org/en/robots/poppy-ergo-jr" rel="nofollow">https://www.poppy-project.org/en/robots/poppy-ergo-jr</a> but not with kids around.<p>It is nice for makers as you get to build it and can modify its shape. It is a basic arm but with 6 motors you get more cool movement out of it. And it is controlled via a RPI and is all open source which I like.<p>But for kids I don't know if the age target is suitable, the project targets education <a href="https://www.poppy-project.org/en/education/" rel="nofollow">https://www.poppy-project.org/en/education/</a> with visual programming and activities but I never tried..
Start by asking what makes a good teacher. Then ask yourself which of those tasks can be done by a robot.<p>Teachers also have a pedagogical mission. They are supposed to teach social values. So you might want a robot with an AI good enough to analyse group behavior in real-time and intervene appropriately.