Pro-bot

How does a Probot work? 

The Probot has the same functions as the Bee-bot. In addition he can do many extra things. This robot has extra a pen holder, numeric keypad, repeat key, menu key, scroll key to go to the menu of your programming. Now you can program your robot to make different angles or change the cm he goes forward or backwards when pressing the arrow by setting a number after the arrow you use. With the penholder you can draw what you have programmed. I am not going to place the complete manual as there is a user guide in the box.

What do the children learn?


  • Programming and logical thinking. With the Pro-Bot they learn the basics of programming. Programming appeals to logical thinking.
  • Arithmetic. Among other things, children get to work with measuring, calculating angles, multiplying.
  • Creativity. Children can use their creativity when designing, especially when drawing.
  • Accurate work. Working with the Pro-Bot is very precise; if you program something incorrectly, it will bump into something, or the drawing will look different.
  • Problem solving ability. Children also learn 'debugging', they see what goes wrong and see in the script what needs to be done differently.

Conclusion

The pro-bot is a robot for children from the age of 7-11 years old. You can use it the same way as a bee-bot or blue-bot, but with all the extra tools I think it can be a bit confusing for younger children to start with. So I did not use it yet as I am working with younger children.

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