Thymio 2
Thymio: unplugged activities for the youngsters!
With its colorful graphical interface, Thymio II mobile robot is a safe bet for beginners to learn how to program robots, at any age. Produced by Mobsya, this educational robot is equipped with 9 sensors, which is a lot for a small educational robot! Right after unboxing the robot, it is possible to use it and discover its sensors and actuators, thanks to its 6 pre-programmed behaviors:
- Friendly (green): Thymio follows an object located in front of it
- Explorer (yellow): Thymio explores the world and avoids obstacles
- Fearful (red): Thymio detects shocks, emptiness and detects Earth’s gravity
- Obedient (purple): Thymio is controlled with a remote or its buttons
- Turquoise (investigator): Thymio follows lines
- Blue (attentive): Thymio detects sounds and reacts to handclapping
A scalable robot suitable for different age groups (and Lego compatible!)
In addition to the pre-programmed behaviors, Thymio II offers numerous other possibilities. Compatible with LEGO bricks, it also has a pencil holder to draw on anything!
Thymio II robot includes many educational resources available for free. Indeed, its software and hardware design is 100% Open Source, as well as its numerous activities, thanks to the universities, high schools and people who contributed to the project.
Suitable to different age groups (from primary school to university), Thymio supports 5 programming languages:
- VPL: very easy, ideal for young children who are just starting learning programming
- Scratch 3 and Blockly: visual programming language based on instruction blocks. Can be easy or complex, with the addition of mathematics, logic, loops and variables
- Python: a text-based language
- Aseba: text language developed for Thymio to create more complex programs
What is the difference between Thymio and Wireless Thymio?
To transfer (or edit) your programs from the PC to the standard Thymio, they need to be connected with a USB cable (micro USB B to USB A).
With Wireless Thymio, on the other hand, it is possible to program the robot remotely, i.e. you won't need to connect it to your computer every time you want to create or edit the robot code. This way you can test your different codes more easily.
Wireless Thymio is equipped with a wireless module and comes with a USB dongle that needs to be plugged into your PC.
Moreover, you will need the Wireless version if you want to program Thymio with a tablet.
The Wireless Thymio educational mobile robot is the wireless version of the popular Thymio II.
The Thymio mobile robot is Lego compatible, features many sensors, a great child friendly coding software and many free online resoures for both teachers and at home users.
Both robots are great educational tools!
Thymio 2 is an educational robot equipped with many sensors and a software that allows its users to program it with 5 different languages (Scratch, Python...). Extremely popular in schools, its community has produced many teaching aids and resources!
With this new pack designed for the teachers, Mobsya give you everything you need to get started with the Thymio robot in your classroom!
With this new pack designed for the teachers, Mobsya give you everything you need to get started with the Thymio robot in your classroom!
Also sold individually, the educational Wireless Thymio robot comes here in the form of a pack, ideal for classrooms and media libraries wanting to propose group robotics activities.
The Thymio educational robot has returned, in a pack particularly well-suited for use in classrooms and with all the accessories you need to set up multiple robotics activities!
A Thymio II mobile robot, a track to do some line following or obstacle avoidance and a remote control to control your robot!
Learn how to use the Thymio robot’s 2 line-tracking ground sensors thanks to this VPL3 activity, released especially for Thymio’s 10th anniversary!
Check out this new VPL3 proximity sensor activity for your little educational robot, created in celebration of Thymio’s 10th anniversary!
Did you know you can also control your Thymio II remotely? With the help of the infrared remote control you can control Thymio in its purple basic behavior. You can also use it to program more complex tasks for Thymio.
Thymio Challenge Activities is a fun and educational kit designed to teach you everything there is to know about your Thymio educational robot. It offers challenges, activities, a racetrack and hours of fun!
If you’ve recently got your hands on the educational Thymio II mobile robot and think it’s time you moved on to more serious things, why not try adding some really fun Thymio accessories like the Yeti Discovery Kit for Thymio II Robot, which will show that your robot’s capable of hurtling down slopes!
Thymio is already used by tens of hundreds of children (and grown-ups) delighted to learn robotics while having fun. Here comes the brand new DIY wireless kit that frees the robot from its constraining USB programming cable.
Designed in collaboration with Inria and France-IOI, and published by Le Pommier, 1, 2, 3... codez! is the first teaching manual dedicated to programming to be produced by the La main à la pâte foundation, established with the aim of improving the quality of science and technology education in France. It offers teachers and pupils in nursery, primary and middle schools a series of worksheets and turnkey sessions allowing children to familiarise themselves with the computer and digital world.
This compact charger is a perfect tool for your Thymio 2 robot or any other robot that needs 1A to be charged on USB.
This 6-port charger will allow you to quickly charge up to 6 Thymio robots. You'll only need 1 or 2 hours to have fully operational robots. Very handy if you're teaching an all-day class or if you have back-to-back workshops.
Deep discharge can damage the battery of your Thymio robot. If it happens, you might have to change the damaged battery and replace it with a new one.
This aluminium case is lined with pre-cut foam to store up to 10 Thymio robots, as well as various accessories. The case is shown here empty.