Last but not least, Apple showed off how UBTECH's Jimu Robot could be programmed to walk and dance in a variety of ways (my favorite was probably "Gangnam Style"). Tilting the iPad will prompt the drone to go up, while giving it a quick shake will prompt it to flip over.
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Kids can also learn how to control the drone with the iPad itself.
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Using a simple Parrot Education tutorial on Swift Playgrounds, kids can essentially learn how to pilot drones through code they'll learn all about pitch, yaw and roll and get the drones to perform a variety of tricks. When asked if Sphero was planning on introducing even more Swift Playgrounds apps, a company spokesperson hinted that one for the adorable BB-8 could be coming in the future, which would certainly please young Star Wars fans.īy far the most impressive demonstration was with Parrot's mini-drones. A Sphero spokesperson also showed off a Sphero Arcade application, which allows you to program the ball and use it to play a game of Pong with a friend. With Playgrounds, you can change its color and program it to recognize your feet and other obstacles. Next is the Sphero SPRK+, a robotic ball that lights up, accelerates, turns and rolls around on command. The initial game that comes with the Lego EV3 kit is called Animal Rescue, where you're tasked with, well, rescuing animals from danger. Hit "Run" and voilà, the robot will come to life, walking along or wagging its tail according to what you've programmed. A Lego spokesperson showed us how you could use Playgrounds to basically create anything from a robot turtle to a robot dinosaur simply by applying certain bits of code to specific motors and sensors. It bears mentioning that there are already several toys out there that aims to teach code to kids, but Apple's solution is one of a few - if not the only one - that uses a genuine programming language instead of just block-based code.Īpple demonstrated several of these Swift Playground programs to a small group of reporters in its Cupertino office along with a variety of Bluetooth-enabled toys. At launch, Swift Playgrounds 1.5 will be compatible with the following third-party toys: Lego Mindstorms Education EV3, Sphero SPRK+ robotic ball, Parrot's Mambo, Rolling Spider and Airborne mini-drones, UBTECH's Jimu Robot MeeBot Kit, Wonder Workshop's Dash robot and Skoog, a tactile cube speaker. So instead of just tapping around on a touchscreen to move virtual characters, kids can write snippets of Swift code and translate them to physical robot actions. What this means is that kids will be able to program and control a variety of Bluetooth-enabled robots and toys right within the Swift Playgrounds app.
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