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ROBOTICS LAB NEXT GEN AI & ROBOTICS LAB FOR SCRATCH WITH ARDUINO 2025

NEXT GEN AI & ROBOTICS LAB FOR SCRATCH WITH ARDUINO 2025

by scratchcoding on August 04, 2025 in ROBOTICS LAB

NEXT GEN AI & ROBOTICS LAB FOR SCRATCH WITH ARDUINO 2025

especially useful for students from Classes 4 to 8

🚀 Next Gen AI & Robotics Lab for Scratch with Arduino

🧠 What is the Next Gen AI & Robotics Lab?

The Next Generation AI & Robotics Lab is a modern educational setup designed to:

Introduce students to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics

Encourage hands-on learning

Promote problem-solving and creativity

Align with NEP 2020 goals*for skill-based learning

🎯 Objective

To help students:

Understand basic concepts of electronics and robotics

Learn programming through visual tools like Scratch (e.g., PictoBlox)

Build real-world smart projects using Arduino

🔧 Key Tools Used

| Tool | Description

| Scratch (PictoBlox)| A visual programming language used to control electronics without typing code |

| 🔌 Arduino Board | A microcontroller that controls sensors and motors based on the program |

| 🤖 Robotics Kit | Includes sensors, motors, wheels, servos, LEDs, etc. |

| 💻 Laptop/Tablet | Used to run the programming software and upload code |

💻 How to Use Scratch (PictoBlox) with Arduino

1. Connect Arduino

Use a USB cable to connect the Arduino to your PC or laptop.

2. Open PictoBlox

Download from [thestempedia.com](https://thestempedia.com)

Select Arduino Mode or Upload Mode

3. Start Programming

Use drag-and-drop blocks to:

* Turn ON/OFF LEDs

* Read sensor values

* Move robot motors

* Control servo arms

* Add AI functions like face recognition or object detection

4. Upload the Program

* Use the “Upload Code” button to send your program to the Arduino board.

📚 Example Student Projects

| Project Name | Description |

| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |

| 🚘 Line Follower | Follows a black line using IR sensors |

| 🧱 Obstacle Avoider | Avoids obstacles using ultrasonic sensors |

| 🗣️ Voice Control Car | Controlled using voice commands |

| 🗑️ Smart Dustbin | Opens lid automatically when someone is near |

| 🎭 Face Detection | Uses camera to detect faces using AI blocks |

🎓 Benefits for Students (Classes 4–8)

Builds 21st-century skills: critical thinking, coding, and innovation

Encourages STEM-based learning

Develops understanding of AI, IoT, Robotics

Promotes curiosity and practical learning

Supports NEP 2020 goals for skill education

🏁 Conclusion

The Next Gen AI & Robotics Lab powered by Scratch and Arduino makes learning fun, interactive, and futuristic. Students gain real-world technical knowledge while building smart projects using easy-to-learn tools like PictoBlox.

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SCRATCH FOUNDATION MISSION

At the Scratch Foundation, our mission is to ensure that Scratch is available for free, for everyone, so that kids around the world can express their ideas through coding. As champions of the Scratch project, we raise funds to support the project and share stories of innovation, collaboration, and learning within the global Scratch community. We focus on Scratch, the block-based programming language and online community developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Scratch makes it easy for young people to create their own interactive media projects -- like games, animations, and simulations -- and then share their creations with others in an active, online community. Scratch is available for free, for everyone. And that's why the Scratch Foundation is so important. Through gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations, we raise funds to support the entire Scratch ecosystem, including development of new technologies, organization of events, and dissemination of learning resources. We were founded in 2013 as the Code-to-Learn Foundation by Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, and David Siegel, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the investment management firm Two Sigma. Mitch and David first met as graduate students in computer science at MIT in the 1980s, and reconnected 25 years later when David's son learned to program with Scratch, developed by Mitch's research group at the MIT Media Lab. In 2015, we changed our name to the Scratch Foundation to reflect our specific focus on Scratch and its dynamic ecosystem of interacting projects (Scratch, ScratchJr, ScratchEd) and events (Scratch Day, Scratch Conference, Scratch Educator Meetups).