Plataforma alternativa para o Sphero Indi

Abstract

The educational field has proven to be highly promising for the incorporation of computational technologies due to the wide range of opportunities these tools offer, making the teaching process more engaging and efficient. Among these innovations, Educational Robotics stands out by promoting the development of skills such as conducting research, critical thinking, problem-solving, and the enhancement of logical reasoning. With the aim of promoting robotics education on a national level, this work proposes the creation of a kit for building a more accessible alternative prototype to the Sphero Indi toy, which is a robust tool for educational robotics, designed to teach robotics concepts to children as young as four years old. The developed robot consists of a scaled-down model of a motorized car, with a 3D-printed chassis. Furthermore, it features control based on color identification through a sensor attached to the bottom of the vehicle, using an Arduino UNO R3 controller.