Robo Wunderkind – Canadian Kids Can Talk Robot’s Language Now

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29th of May, 2017 – Vienna – The Vienna-based hardware startup Robo Wunderkind, which develops modular programmable robots for young children, is partnering with Chinook’s Edge Division School in Alberta to introduce coding and robotics workshops for children in this area. The company’s objective is to give Canadian kids a chance to learn coding and robotics in a fun and simple way.

Early childhood, which spans the period up to 8 years of age, is critical for cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. The skills kids will learn at this age will to a great extent determine their lives. This is why Rustem, founder of Robo Wunderkind, decided that kids should grow up building and programming robots.

“We need to prepare our kids for this future and give them the tools to learn about new technologies. As forecasted by the Canadian Information and Communications Technology Council, over 182,000 critical ICT positions in Canada will be left unfilled by 2019, with the number growing year by year. Now is the time to train children for the digital jobs of the future, and we see enormous potential in the young Canadian generation.” – Rustem Akishbekov, CEO and founder of Robo Wunderkind.

Robo Wunderkind will begin its presence in Canada from the Chinook’s Edge Division School in Alberta: the school will be the first milestone in spreading into the Canadian market. Later this year, Robo Wunderkind will be used in schools in Ontario and British Columbia to teach children the world of technology, robots, and coding.

With Robo Wunderkind, kids can just snap the modules together in different configurations to build their creations. Once the robot is built, it can be programmed in an app, which uses a graphical drag and drop style programming. No prior coding or even reading knowledge is necessary. Kids will easily create personalized virtual dashboards and control their creations to solve mazes, go on treasure hunts, play music, and navigate around obstacles – the possibilities are endless.

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What is special about Robo Wunderkind:

  • First robot that kids aged 5 and up can build and program
  • 14 different types of building blocks and the commands in the app are categorized by color: the most intuitive way of learning for kids.
  • The logic of the programming app is what is behind most of the devices surrounding us. Kids will grow up understanding the world of technology.
  • Small bonus: Robo Wunderkind blocks are LEGO™ compatible

There is already a huge following in the educators’ community watching the launch of this innovative new product for early coders:

Robo Wunderkind introduces the younger students to authentic 21st-century skills.
Ken Willers, Principal of the Madeleine School, Berkeley, California
@21stCenPrinKW

The beautifully designed robotics kits were already pre-ordered from more than 60 countries, including Canada, and demand is growing. They are available for pre-order on their website with shipping planned for later this year.

About Robo Wunderkind
Rustem Akishbekov founded Robo Wunderkind and brought Anna Iarotska and Yuri Levin on board in 2013. The company is based in Vienna, Austria, and maintains an office in Shenzhen, China. In the last three years, the founders have gathered a team of passionate engineers and designers dedicated to the vision of making coding and robotics accessible to everyone. Their first product is an educational robot that syncs with intuitive mobile applications to help children understand the basics of programming. Robo Wunderkind was part of the world’s first and largest hardware accelerator HAX in 2014 and a Finalist of TechCrunch Disrupt SF Startup Battlefield in 2015.

Website: http://robowunderkind.com
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