iRobot Root® rt1 Coding Robot
Eligibility: Faculty/Staff & Schools
Features include:
Does Incredible Things
Children can code their Root® robot to draw artwork, play music, respond to touch, light, and sound, and more, all while exploring the fundamentals of robotics.
For Pre-Readers and Beyond
No matter your family’s experience with coding or robotics, the innovative, free iRobot® Coding platform makes coding easy with 3 Learning Levels. Begin with graphical, drag-and-drop code before advancing to hybrid code and finally, full-text code.
Content That Inspires
iRobot's Learning Library is packed with hours of lessons, projects, and activities so you can get moving with your Root® right out of the box. For advanced users, additional premium content is available with a subscription.
The Core is Learning Principles
Using tangible, hands-on experiences to teach coding and strengthen computational thinking skills, Root® makes a perfect addition to any school or learning environment.
What Can Root Do?
Makes a Mark
Root draws by lifting and dropping any marker or pen. Just add code and Root brings your creativity to life.
All the Feels
Root sees light, hears sound, senses drop-offs, feels a bump and detects your touch.
Expresses Itself
Through drawing, music and movement, Root brings coding into the physical world, so it isn’t just a concept, it’s a reality.
The Robot Coding App
- Learn to Code as a Familly: Through guided lessons and projects, children and adults alike can learn the fundamentals of coding and explore more advanced concepts as their skill increases.
- Games and Challenges: Built-in games, art projects and logic challenges pack hours of fun for any interest.
- Intuitive Coding Interface: Root is the only coding companion that grows with your child by seamlessly switching the coding interface from graphical blocks for non-readers to full text for advanced coders.
Progressively Challenging
- Level 1: Graphical Coding: Graphical blocks teach essential logic skills of coding. Kids problem solve with Root with real code by drawing, playing music, and making games.
Ideal for Ages 4+ - Level 2: Block Coding: Level 2 gives kids more control of the code with a more detailed interface. The hybrid drag and drop language builds computational fluency.
Ideal for Ages 7+ - Level 3: Full Text Coding:
Advancing to Level 3 allows you to solve problems and learn the syntax and structure of professional coding languages in Swift.
Ideal for Ages 12+
Root Climbs Whiteboards:
Don’t let gravity get in the way. Whether demonstrating a concept in the front of a classroom or playing on the family message center, Root turns coding on its side.
Other Features include:
- Plays Music
- Illuminate and Act
- Listen and Respond
- Direct and Accelerate
- Bump and Adapt
- Glow and Flash
- Tap and Trigger
- Drive and Turn
- Draw and Create
- Climb and Defy
- Whiteboard Top
- Wipe and Erase
- See in RGB
