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 offer viable solutions to consumer’s everyday shopping needs. They explore how delivery robots reach their destinations using programmable components, using BeeBots as a simple introduction to model how robots move around spaces.
“I can’t get a delivery, can you help?”
Could a robot help when people can’t get to the shops? Learners explore real-life problems, like illness, injury, childcare, or bad weather, and test existing delivery solutions. Using the 5D’s (Difficult, Dangerous, Dirty, Dull, or Dear), they evaluate how robots can make a real difference and start imagining their own clever solutions.
“Thanks for the order, we’re on our way!”
Learners turn their ideas into a design specification, sketching and annotating an exploded diagram to show how all the parts work together. They explore different sensors and think creatively about how to make their robot smart, safe, and ready to solve real-world delivery challenges.
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.
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.
