Chinese startup Makeblock is bringing robots to classrooms

Well, as long as they're not going to eventually replace the teachers, I think that this is a great idea to teach kids. It's innovative and it will inspire them to actually pay attention to their lesson. It will also allow them to learn the lesson quickly, right?

Anything that makes a classroom more like the workplace of the future is a win.<p>I think we have a much higher probability of humans assembling robots in an office environment than needing to use a book or to know cursive.<p>Not that we have a high probability that humans will build robots in an office.

I&#x27;ve got the mbot robot from them which is pretty cool - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeblock.com&#x2F;steam-kits&#x2F;mbot" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeblock.com&#x2F;steam-kits&#x2F;mbot</a><p>It was a little fiddly to get it working via bluetooth via Linux with the &#x27;scratch&#x27; interface, but I did eventually manage to get it to work :) (by choosing serial port, rather than the bluetooth button, and using Linux&#x27;s rfcomm module)<p>We&#x27;ve only tried simple things with it so far like making the robot controllable via the keyboard which works pretty well.<p>This reminds me I need to finish building a decent line follower in scratch.