1. Wider Walls for Robotics
Mitchel Resnick
MIT Media Lab
Playful Invention Company

2. High Ceiling
Low Floor

3. High Ceiling
W i d e W a l l s
Low Floor

17. System in Software

18. Integrating the Physical World
One Reality
Integrating the Physical World
and the Virtual World

22. More than 5 million unique visitors to the website
More than 500,000 downloads of the software
More than 250,000 projects uploaded
More than 1000 new projects every day
Available in more than 40 languages

23. High Ceiling
W i d e W a l l s
Low Floor

24. Traditional LEGO Products
High Ceiling
Low Floor
Narrow walls
Wide walls

25. LEGO Robotics Products
High Ceiling
Under-populated
NXT
RCX
WeDo
Low Floor
Narrow walls
Wide walls

26. Widening the Walls for Robotics
Integrate robotics throughout the entire LEGO product line
Castles as well as bulldozers
Support and encourage storytelling projects
All children, of all ages, from all backgrounds, love to tell stories
Incorporate lights and sounds
Children want to record sounds, create music, design patterns of lights
One Reality
Integrate the physical world and the virtual world
Include simple models with little or no mechanism
Play value can come from lights, sounds, sensors, and programming
Add “softer” high-tech elements
Include elements that are smaller, simpler, and more colorful

27. LEGO DNA Hands-on, Minds-on Exuberance and fun Play that unites
Facilitates creativity
Modular
Open ended
Characteristic and recognizable design

28. LEGO DNA Hands-on, Minds-on Exuberance and fun Play that unites
Facilitates creativity
Modular
Open ended
Characteristic and recognizable design

29. Diversity Many types of projects Many ages Many learning styles
Many domains

35. Widening the Walls for Robotics
Integrate robotics throughout the entire LEGO product line
Castles as well as bulldozers
Support and encourage storytelling projects
All children, of all ages, from all backgrounds, love to tell stories
Incorporate lights and sounds
Children want to record sounds, create music, design patterns of lights
Provide a greater variety of sensors
Focus especially on sensors that children can directly interact with
Include very simple models with little or no mechanism
Play value can come from lights, sounds, sensors, and programming
Add “softer” high-tech elements
Include elements that are smaller, simpler, and more colorful