Founded at the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University in 2010, BirdBrain Technologies allows students to learn computer science and develop computational thinking skills by providing flexible and inspiring robotics products leveraging the micro:bit platform.
Students can get more out of robotics when they combine it with play and hands-on learning. Use Hummingbird to explore basic physics concepts by building a robot made of simple machines.
Hummingbird Robotics Kits
Powered by a micro:bit (pocket-sized computer), Hummingbird Robotics Kits allow students to turn anything into a robot using craft materials and the electronic components provided.
The Hummingbird Robotics Kits allow students to design, build, and program robots using any materials, with any device, in multiple block and text-based programming languages.
The Hummingbird Kit consists of lights, motors, and sensors which allow students to build a personally meaningful robot out of any materials.
Finch Robots
The Finch robot, powered by a micro:bit (pocket-sized computer), allows students to learn computer science and coding by having them program the robot in multiple block and text-based coding languages on any device.
With the Finch Robot, students complete hands-on and engaging physical computing and robotics activities by coding the robot’s lights, motors, and sensors.
Finch is currently one of the only educational robotics solutions available that supports programming in Java to support AP Computer Science classes.
Educational Resources
BirdBrain provides a variety of free resources to support educators implementing their Hummingbird Robotics Kits and Finch Robots including projects, lesson plans, and building, classroom integration, and programming guides. BirdBrain also offers standard alignment to ISTE, CSTA, NGSS, and Common Core Math/ELA.
