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A robotics program for ages 8–14

Where cardboard and code become real robots

A school year of 30 sessions. Kids build robots with their own hands, program them with blocks, and take them home at the end.

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1. The sheet

Every robot starts as a flat sheet of cardboard.

The parts come laser-cut, with fold lines. No scissors and no knives.

2. Building

Fold, fit the motors, fasten.

Nylon screws and nuts, rubber bands and servos. Every kid builds, nobody just watches.

3. The brain

Then comes the micro:bit.

A real board, programmed with blocks. First in the simulator, then on the robot itself.

4. Go!

And the robot drives. At the end of the year it goes home with them.

Six different robots a year, each one teaching a different engineering idea.

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Unfolding the cardboard…
Three age groups

Three tracks, by age group

Each track is a school year of 30 weekly sessions, in groups of up to 15 kids. No experience needed, just curiosity.

Kids with significant experience can move up a track.

One robot

Five sessions per robot

Each robot is built and programmed over five sessions, always in the same structure. And every session has exercises every kid completes, and challenges for those racing ahead.

The full syllabus: what kids learn with every robot, in every track

    Our simulator

    One program. Two worlds.

    A 3D simulator that runs in the browser, and the very same program runs on the real robot.

    The app is in Hebrew today. An English version is in development.
    Try it · an exercise from the app

    Reach the star

    The car has to reach the star, and a box blocks part of the way. The cars on the rail are its program.

      1. Code with blocks

        Drag cars onto the rail instead of typing code. Every car is a real command for the robot.

      2. Test in the arena

        The 3D robot runs the program right away. A mistake? Fix it and try again, without wasting batteries.

      3. Run it on the floor

        One click and the program runs on the real cardboard robot on the floor. And suddenly it drifts to the side. Why?

      4. Explore the gap

        Cardboard wheels slip. Kids measure, calibrate and fix. The gap between model and reality is the heart of engineering, and here it is a lesson, not a bug.

      The method

      Why it works, even with kids who can't sit still

      Floor and ceiling

      Every challenge has a floor everyone reaches and a ceiling of three stars. Some missions start from a broken program to fix, so kids learn to read code, not only to write it.

      Truly small groups

      Up to 15 kids. Every kid builds, codes and runs a robot, instead of watching someone else's.

      Tournaments and records

      A race, sumo, a load tower. Every robot ends with a competition and a challenge, and the final tournament happens in front of the parents.

      Who we are

      CARDBOTICS is built on a simple belief: kids learn engineering best when they build real things with their hands and code in their own language, through trial and error, not slides. We develop the simulator, the mission bank and the curriculum ourselves, and train and support every instructor who teaches the program. It started in our robotics classes in Israel, Robotical.

      For parents

      Parents see exactly what their kid learned

      Robotics is not a black box. Through the year there is a clear picture of the progress, and after every robot, a show for the parents.

      A printed progress report

      Twice a semester a personal report: which robots were built, which challenges were solved, and above all which concepts the kid already knows. Printed, for the fridge.

      A show after every robot

      In the fifth session of every robot, every kid presents the robot and the code to the parents, and runs it live. Real pride, not slides.

      Privacy first

      No email, no phone number and no full name of the kid. In class, kids log in with a group code and three animals, under a nickname only, and the instructor sees the progress to help. At home everything stays on the device and works offline.

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