Winkbot was specifically designed for use in classroom and workshop settings. This includes a set of free lessons that are easy to follow and understand.
- Ideal low cost robot for elementary schools, middle schools, makerspace, and workshop applications.
- Students do something interesting from the beginning, quickly grabbing their interest.
- Seeing a physical robot respond to code is engaging.
- Programmed with Arduino. An easy to learn open source programming environment.
- Get started quickly. No building required. No breadboards. No tedious wiring connections.
- Winkbot has a "cute" factor and personality that engages students of all ages.
Programming Wink is Easy!
Winkbot gets students doing something interesting right away. Throughout our free lesson series, students are continually driven toward doing something interesting. We skip the dry details and keep them engaged, while learning the key concepts of the C language along the way.
Here is a quick example of how a Winkbot program works. This simple example drives Winkbot in a triangle while changing his eye color along the way.
The eyesPink(70) function turns the robot’s eyes pink, with a brightness of 70.
The motors(120,120) function drives the left and right motors forward at 120 speed.
The delay(300) function runs the motors for 300 milliseconds before continuing.
The eye color is changed to green.
Setting the right motor speed to negative 120 it spins in the reverse direction,
causing Winkbot to spin to the right in his own footprint.
Spin for 200 milliseconds, then the function repeats at the top.Simple examples like these get students engaged quickly. Once started turn to the free lesson series. The lessons are perfect for use in classrooms and workshops.