Root
Root, the code-teaching robot
Root launched on April 22, 2016 with 2 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
What it does
A Wyss Institute robot named Root is designed to teach computer coding to anyone from a 5-year-old to an intermediate programmer.
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed a robot, known as “Root,” aimed at teaching children to code. In the digital age, computing fuels some of the fastest-growing segments of the economy, making programming an increasingly important part of an American education. But the words “computer literacy” do not exactly excite the imaginations of most grade schoolers. So how to engage young minds with coding? One answer, say researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, is a robot named Root. “Right now, coding is taught at a computer keyboard. It’s an abstract process that doesn’t have a relationship to…from news.harvard.edu
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