Robolink
Robolink is an educational technology startup headquartered in San Diego, California. It develops robotics kits to teach its users engineering and programming. Robolink teaches robotics classes and summer camps for K-12 students at its learning centers.[1], as well as after-school programs at elementary and middle schools. Lessons and instructional videos are also available online. As of 2019, Robolink has worked with 10,000 students and over 1,000 schools.[2]
History[edit]
Robolink was founded in 2012 by University of California, San Diego alumni Hansol Hong, who is also the head of the San Diego Robotics Club[3]. It is a Fall 2016 HAX Boost alumni[4]
Products[edit]
Rokit Smart is an 11-in-1 robotics kit that teaches the user how to both build and program robots. Materials in the kit include a mix of standard mechanical parts, such as nuts and bolts, and more specialized components, like DC motors and Robolink’s Arduino-compatible Smart Inventor Board.[5] Each robot is controlled by programs written by the user through Arduino. Rokit Smart raised $52,595 of its $50,000 goal on Kickstarter after its launch in May 2015.[6]
CoDrone, a lightweight battery-powered quadcopter, was developed after seeing the popularity of commercial drones and is the world’s first drone designed specifically for education.[7] It can be programmed with Blockly, Snap!, Python, or Arduino with either a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) board or a remote including Robolink’s Arduino-compatible Smart Inventor Board.[8] CoDrone Pro, which includes a remote, raised $205,643 of its $50,000 goal on Kickstarter in March 2016.[9] CoDrone Lite, which includes a BLE board, raised $217,467 on Indiegogo in 2017.[10] CoDrone was a finalist in 2016’s Last Gadget Standing competition at CES.[11]
Zumi is a self-driving car kit designed to teach the concepts behind artificial intelligence and was developed as a response to the autonomous vehicle industry’s need for more programmers and engineers. Zumi is powered by Raspberry Pi Zero and Pi Cam, works with TensorFlow and OpenCV, and can be programmed with Blockly or Python.[12] It raised $150,091 of its $50,000 goal on Kickstarter[13] and received the CES 2019 Best of Innovation Award in the Robotics & Drone category.[14][15]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/journalismscholars/sd-news-journalism-scholars-stem-robolink-20170719-story.html
- ↑ https://www.core77.com/posts/82898/The-Long-Road-to-Autonomous-Vehicles-Begins-with-Understanding-Them
- ↑ https://mashable.com/2016/01/07/robotics-profiles-ces-2016/#ltIHYF3F45qb
- ↑ https://hax.co/companies/robolink/
- ↑ https://techtoys.idg.se/2.38625/1.674168/rokit-smart--elva-robotar-i-en-byggsats
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robolink/rokit-smart-build-and-program-robots-the-easy-way/description
- ↑ http://m.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=3963401&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F
- ↑ https://www.cnet.com/videos/test-out-your-programming-chops-with-robolinks-coding-drone/
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robolink/codrone-learn-to-code-with-programmable-drone/description
- ↑ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/codrone-lite-educational-drone-for-everyone#/
- ↑ https://archives.lastgadgetstanding.com/2016-recap/
- ↑ https://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/18272/Zumi-Educational-Tool-to-Teach-Robotics-and-AI.aspx
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robolink/driving-into-the-world-of-ai-zumi
- ↑ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181108006048/en/CTA-Announces-CES-2019-Innovation-Awards-Honorees
- ↑ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cta-announces-ces-2019-innovation-230000300.html
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