Wider Walls for Robotics
Mitchel Resnick
MIT Media Lab
Playful Invention Company
High Ceiling
Low Floor
High Ceiling
Wide
Walls
Low Floor
System in Software
One Reality
Integrating the Physical World
and the Virtual World
More than 5 million unique visitors to the website
More than 500,000 downloads of the software
More than 250,000 projects uploaded
More than 1000 new projects every day
Available in more than 40 languages
High Ceiling
Wide
Walls
Low Floor
Traditional LEGO Products
High Ceiling
Low Floor
Narrow walls
Wide walls
LEGO Robotics Products
High Ceiling
Under-populated
NXT
RCX
WeDo
Low Floor
Narrow walls
Wide walls
Widening the Walls for Robotics
Integrate robotics throughout the entire LEGO product line
Castles as well as bulldozers
Support and encourage storytelling projects
All children, of all ages, from all backgrounds, love to tell stories
Incorporate lights and sounds
Children want to record sounds, create music, design patterns of lights
One Reality
Integrate the physical world and the virtual world
Include simple models with little or no mechanism
Play value can come from lights, sounds, sensors, and programming
Add “softer” high-tech elements
Include elements that are smaller, simpler, and more colorful
LEGO DNA
Hands-on, Minds-on
Exuberance and fun
Play that unites
Facilitates creativity
Modular
Open ended
Characteristic and recognizable design
LEGO DNA
Hands-on, Minds-on
Exuberance and fun
Play that unites
Facilitates creativity
Modular
Open ended
Characteristic and recognizable design
Diversity
Many types of projects
Many ages
Many learning styles
Many domains
Widening the Walls for Robotics
Integrate robotics throughout the entire LEGO product line
Castles as well as bulldozers
Support and encourage storytelling projects
All children, of all ages, from all backgrounds, love to tell stories
Incorporate lights and sounds
Children want to record sounds, create music, design patterns of lights
Provide a greater variety of sensors
Focus especially on sensors that children can directly interact with
Include very simple models with little or no mechanism
Play value can come from lights, sounds, sensors, and programming
Add “softer” high-tech elements
Include elements that are smaller, simpler, and more colorful