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Ohbot educational robotics system has been designed to stretch your students' computational thinking and understanding of computer science.

​The system is available in two versions...

Ohbot for Microsoft Windows

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• a seven motor expressive robot head available either ready-to-go preassembled, or as a kit for you and your students to construct
  
  
  
• Connects to a computer running Windows so that it can be programmed
  
  
  
• Supplied with Ohbot application- a graphical programming language based on MIT’s Scratch
  
  
  
• Includes a structured sequence of real-world problem solving activities designed for children 7 and up that support the development of computational thinking
  
  
  
• Supports an understanding of sequences, repetition and selection, variables and work with a range of sensor inputs and sound and movement outputs

​Ohbot for Raspberry Pi

• ​Seven motor expressive robot head available either as a kit for you and your pupils to construct or ready-to-go preassembled
  
  
  
• Connects to a Raspberry Pi computer so that it can be programmed
  
  
  
• Supplied with a Python library which allows Ohbot to be controlled from a Python programming environment
  
  
  
• Suitable for young people and adults that are learning a text based programming language
  
  
  
• Includes simple commands in Python for moving Ohbot's motors.
  
  
  
• Includes text-to-speech technology in Python including lip synchronisation. 

Ohbot has been created by Mat Walker, a roboticist who created the Inkha robot receptionist at King’s College, London, UK and Dan Warner, an elementary school teacher and ICT specialist who advises schools and local authorities on educational technology for learning.

Ohbot is already being used by over a thousand schools and individuals in 22 countries, and was a finalist in the awards for ICT Innovator of the year at the BETT show in London in 2016.

Ohbot is manufactured in an historic mill in the Cotswold Hills, UK. For more on the making of Ohbot click here. 

Ohbot features
YouTube Channel
Ohbot in Space - The Movie
Ohbot 2.1, What's new?
​Introducing Ohbot 2.0
Speech recognition
Eye colour
​Face tracking
Ohbot sings
Ohbot tells a story
Ohbot speaks Dutch
Ohbot conversation
Ohbot clock

​Appearances
Microsoft MIE Ohbot Course
Ohbot meets Tight End Luke Willson
Microsoft - Ohbot's Impact as a Learning Tool
Category 5 TV Network - The Robot Named Ohbot
Microsoft Summer Camps - Blooming Brilliant
British Education Suppliers Association Award Winner
Microsoft Apps for Learning
The MagPi - Review of Ohbot Pi
MapPi Magazine Video
Bentley University Sandbox
BBC Learning - What if ... Robots Replaced Teachers
BBC Learning - Meet the Robots
Microsoft launch of Windows 10 S 
Microsoft Education Blog
Bloomberg
BBC TV News
ITV TV News
BBC Newsround
Explorium
BETT Award ICT Innovator of the year video
Transform your school library blog​​


Newsletters
October 2018
May 2018
March 2018
December 2017
October 2017
July 2017
April 2017
February 2017

Ohbot in space
Ohbot in Space - The Movie
BBC Peaky blasted in space
100 Word Challenge - Messages from Children
BBC Look East
Training Camp
Intel Magazine​

Operating System	Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10.
Minimum CPU & Memory (RAM)	As recommended by operating system specification.
Hard Disk Free Space	50MB or more.
Interface	USB (Ver 2.0 Full Speed * 2).
Graphics	SVGA with high colour or better.
Other	Internet access for software download.
Motors	7
Size Unboxed	20cm(w) x 19cm(h) x 10cm(d)
Weight Unboxed	323g
Colour	Blue or red
Age	7+
Optional Extras	Camera Kit, Sensor Pack, Illuminated Eyes and Sound Effects Pack.