Shop-a-bot 7-11
Delivery robots are increasingly common in urban areas to deliver items for a range of users and purposes. Learners consider who delivery robots can benefit and identify ways that robots off viable solutions to consumer’s everyday shopping needs. They explore how delivery robots reach their destinations using programmable components, using BeeBots to model how robots move around spaces.
“I can’t get a delivery, can you help?”
Learners ask questions to critique, evaluate and test current solutions. They consider how to use a robot to solve a problem and create a design specification.
Ask - problem find: Identify problems and ask questions to better understand their cause.
“Thanks for the order, we’re on our way!”
Learners generate ideas and create a design specification for a delivery robot, using an annotated diagram and creating an ‘exploded diagram’ showing components connected to make a system.
Imagine and plan - systems thinking: Draw and label a design that uses a system, explaining the role of each part.
Imagine and plan - creative problem-solving: Generate multiple ideas, effectively communicating their fitness for purpose and why certain ideas are better than others.
Imagine and plan - visualising: Use simple annotated sketches to turn ideas into words and drawings.
Machine Makeathon
Learners predict, create and debug programs to explore how delivery robots successfully reach their destinations. They apply knowledge and skills to explain the difference between Bee-Bots and robots.
Improve - Improving: Evaluate how the product is working, identifying areas for improvement in a product and describing possible changes that can enhance the design.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. These sessions support Goal 9 which aims to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, and foster innovation.
