A new project out of New York delivers robotics kits straight to your doorstep to encourage learning about electronic coding, programming and robotics. The kits are geared toward people of all ages. Kids who are interested in learning about code and translating code into action will benefit from this system, but it can also be good from seasoned programmers, engineers, students in high school and college as well. With this tool, users will be able to build their own RoboCop!
With Thimble, Software and Hardware Come Together
The system would make deliveries every month, and it will include all tools needed to build a cool new gadget. The first kit available is for a Wi-Fi enabled robot, which can be controlled from your smartphone, tablet or laptop.
The robot comes with an instruction booklet, uploaded to Thimble’s app. It gives users a step-by-step guide through the entire building process. It also connects subscribers to other creators. They can share their specific strategies and approaches on the platform.
Though it seems like a small project with little impact, being able to build the first kit will allow users to create an Android/iOS app that actually makes things move. Not only that, but it will also give users a better understanding of electricity, motoring, and micro-controlling works. Users can also bring innovation to the table, and design their own ways to go about the kit and upgrade their robots, and they can display their creativity to the rest of the world.
What Exactly Makes Thimble Special?
The key to this new system is that it promotes creativity but also develops technical skills. It is not an invasive approach, but a fun one. Thimble gives users the skeleton of something awesome, and leaves it up to them to decide what to do with it.
They don’t need to have absolute knowledge or dominance of the tools needed to build this Wi-Fi robot, because they can be guided through it. In the future, once they’re more comfortable with the system, they can develop their own guides.
Thimble Makes a DIY RoboCop, Iron Man or Wall-E Possible!
The goal is to give people incentive. It’s basically like going to a kind of self-teaching school that gives you all the tools you need before sending you off. A monthly kit brings a new adventure right into subscribers’ doorsteps twelve times in a year, and it puts people together to try and make something awesome. There will be natural progression from project to project. If users become even more interested in these technologies, they can pursue even bigger and more challenging projects. So if you’ve ever dreamt of building your own Robocop, you are one step closer now.
