Robots for children to program

[taybin]

This looks really neat, but as a parent, I have no desire to introduce technology to my son at the age of the kids in these videos. I think that physical and social skills are much more important to develop earlier. The part of the video with the boy sitting by himself with an iPad at a playground while children run around him made me feel sad.

[nessence]

Perhaps this could be good to introduce a little at a time. Like musical instruments (drum kits) or building blocks (legos). As a parent, I agree, that surrounding children with technology all the time can distract them from learning more important social skills. At the same time, I know my son is going to be asking me all the time "How does this work? How does that work? etc." And, unlike a software program, this provides a tactile experience which I think he'll be able to relate to when I say "Self driving cars work like your little robot".

[jeromeparadis]

Maybe they should have shown a bunch of children around the iPad brainstorming enthusiastically on how the next move to program on the robot?

[AsymetricCom]

It's not really scientific to suggest that complex social skills should develop first or should be the primary focus of parents.

[shaunxcode]

This looks awesome - when I got my sifteo blocks the first thing I wanted was to make them capable of driving around. I wonder if there will be a smaller version at some point. I can imagine it would be awesome for table top gamers!

[_xhok]

I wish to God they'd had one of these for me when I was ten..

[lvs]

... Soon to be followed by the children for robots program.