Axle Robot Kit

Our coding levels up with the robot, all inside True Robotics Playground. Treads uses simple picture blocks that your students snap together to make the robot drive a square, cross the room, or circle the desks. Pilot and Axle still use drag-and-drop blocks, with more text and fewer icons. There, your students sequence blocks for new challenges, use conditionals and loops, and program the ultrasonic and light sensors and the game controller.

Our team builds a custom scope and sequence with your teachers that fits Introduction to Robotics with Axle to the days you actually have. We start with two questions: how many days can you give the unit, and is your goal raising math and science scores or a hands-on introduction to robotics? Then we recommend which of the 45 lessons matter most, keeping the math and science lessons or moving sooner into more complex coding. Taking Off with Pilot gets the same help.

One set of True Robotics robots can serve your whole school, with one robot for every two to three students at a time. The best way to share is to stagger your units, so each grade uses the same robots in turn across the fall, winter, and spring. You can also have one grade build your robots so every grade can use them, since students simply upload their programs. Our Treads Robot moves freely between classrooms, kindergarten in the morning and first grade in the afternoon.