Bee-Bots & Blue-Bots
These floor robots are designed to help tamariki learn programming skills by setting courses and designing their own adventures. Both types are directly programmable, and Blue-Bots allow for remote control and coding via Bluetooth!
Get to know Bee-Bots & Blue-Bots with these posters that introduce how they work:
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Bulldozer Bots - Clear the Way!
Repurpose stuff from around the classroom to design and construct a bulldozer attachment for your bot to clear debris while moving around.
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Bulldozer Bots: Seaweek - Kaupapa Moana
Take part in Seaweek with this prototyping challenge to engineer attachments for your bot to clear rubbish from the moana!
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Kiwi's Quest: "Back to the Burrow!"
Create a maze of the kiwi’s natural habitat, and code instructions to lead them safely home to the comfort of their burrow. Kia pai te haere!
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Navigating the Matariki Star Cluster
Get to know the nine stars of Matariki by using basic programming to navigate Blue/Bee-Bots around a grid.
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Birds of Aotearoa NZ
With Bee/Blue-Bots, decorate and navigate your bots to learn about the native birds of Aotearoa NZ and celebrate the Bird of the Year!
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Pen Prototype & UNSDGs
Create a pen holder then code your bots to draw a perfect circle. Connect with UNSDG 12 and 14 to consider impacts.
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Pen Prototype: Drawing Nests with Bots
Design and construct a pen holder attachment, then code your bots to draw circles in layers to build a nest.
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Bots on the Catwalk
Celebrate the World of Wearable Art annual design competition by adorning and programming bots for their own spectacular show!
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Artistic Swimming…Bots!
Choreograph synchronised routines with basic algorithms and have fun connecting computer science with the Olympic Games!
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E haere ake nei...
Watch this space for more fun, creative, and interactive projects using Bee-Bots and Blue-Bots!
Links and Resources
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Bee-Bot / User Guide
A product user guide PDF from TTS for the Bee-Bot programmable floor robot, with information on use, care and maintenance, and product specifications.
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Bee-Bot / Teacher Guide
A PDF teacher’s guide from TTS for how to utilise Bee-Bots in the classroom to address key focus topics and curriculum areas.
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Blue-Bot / User Guide
A product user guide PDF from TTS for the Blue-Bot programmable floor robot, with information on use, care and maintenance, and product specifications.
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Blue-Bot / Teacher Guide
A PDF teacher’s guide from TTS for how to utilise Blue-Bots in the classroom to address key focus topics and curriculum areas.