Comments on “Kamibot
Anton Eliasson@antoneliasson · Director of Marketing @ Shakr
Found this amazing looking Robot-Transformer that kids can learn to code with. It looks so cool that I wish I was a kid again (who am I kidding, I'm totally getting this for the office over here at Shakr). @asaph_kim this looks great, maybe you could elaborate a bit about the vision behind Kamibot? Why should coding education involve a robot like Kamibot? Wh… See more
Asaph Kim@asaph_kim · Chief Designer, 3.14 Co., Ltd.
Wow. It's great to be featured here on PH. Thanks for posting us, @antoneliasson. In our own words, Kamibot makes programming education fun for kids, so they stick with it. We feel that coding education should involve something engaging for kids. And what is more engaging than a robot dressed with paper characters they watch on their screens? I mean yeah, yo… See more
Anton Eliasson@antoneliasson · Director of Marketing @ Shakr
@asaph_kim cool, your kickstarter mentions that you've tested this in schools in Korea, mind elaborating about that? What kind of skills will a kid get from using Kamibot? Oh and can adults learn from using it as well? Asking for a friend... 👀
Asaph Kim@asaph_kim · Chief Designer, 3.14 Co., Ltd.
@antoneliasson Right! Aside from gaining awesome origami skills, would first learn the logic of programming. We want them to have a strong foundation in coding, so we start with a drag and drop block based programming language. So if your kid is learning Scratch in school, she/he can get right into coding Kamibot. Even if you don't know how to code, we ar… See more
Elia Morling@tribaling · IdeaHunt.io
@asaph_kim @antoneliasson Thats really cool. I learned to code using logo, and it was simply a turtle on the screen. But this.. Wow!
Asaph Kim@asaph_kim · Chief Designer, 3.14 Co., Ltd.
@tribaling With Kamibot you get to physically see what you are programming your simple turtle to do (or any character for that matter) .