The leading manufacturer of quadcopters and action cameras introduced the RoboMaster S1 educational robot.
Chinese company DJI (full name - SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.), specializing in the creation of quadcopters and action cameras, introduced a very interesting and unusual development - an educational robot RoboMaster S1.
The modular RoboMaster S1 (short for Step 1), which was presented the other day, is designed primarily for children. Thanks to it, they can learn about artificial intelligence, engineering, and robotics by playing games and writing simple scripts in Python. The robot is sold as a construction kit, which makes it even more interesting. The company itself positions the S1 as "accessible to beginners, but capable of offering advanced features to users already experienced in artificial intelligence, engineering, and robotics."
The design of the robot is based on many technologies that DJI has already repeatedly used in its quadcopters and other products. For example, it has an array of sensors (31 in total) that help the device navigate in space, as well as a camera that provides a first-person view. Thanks to machine vision technology, the S1 is able to recognize different objects. It can also recognize and respond to sounds and receive signals from other S1 robots in the vicinity.
Commenting on the launch of the educational robot, Frank Wang, founder and CEO of DJI, said, "We developed RoboMaster S1 with the next generation of innovators in mind, aiming to make robotics and programming not only more accessible, but also more fun and educational."
The RoboMaster S1 costs $500. Not the most affordable solution of this class, but one of the most interesting on the market.
