What are Robotics Challenges for Python and GoPiGo? They are five new robotics challenges for intermediate GoPiGo students. These challenges use interactive Python with the GoPiGo and contain over 20 hours of content exploring Jupyter Notebooks, data science, and the science behind robotics. The inaugural collection is comprised of five unique challenges, each including three core sections: LEARN –...

Finding ways to make remote learning with robots work. A huge component of the STEAM and Maker Movements has been bringing people together in shared spaces to use robots and tools that they may not have in their own homes. But side-by-side with you, Modular Robotics has been working hard to figure out how to make remote learning with...

Robot kits like the GoPiGo and BrickPi are designed to give users a safe space to iterate and experiment with engineering, coding, and robotics. And that means they need to be just that: safe. That’s why we’re announcing the recall of the Dexter Industries Rechargeable Battery Packs, previously sold for the GoPiGo and BrickPi robots. The Dexter Industries Rechargeable...

We’re happy to announce the first DexterOS update since merging with Modular Robotics. We’re excited because we feel it’s a good one! We’ve addressed a few issues, and expanded some functionalities within Bloxter. Please note that most new features are specific to GoPiGo3. You can download the update file or the full image to get this new version. Direct...

Check out our Re-Designed Line Follower Sensor!  Dexter Industries has offered a line follower for our robots for a long time. The line follower has done its job, but we decided there was room for improvement. Here is what changed, why and how it will affect you! At First Glance The new line follower is now black instead of...

Today we announce a great jump forward for the GoPiGo3 Raspberry Pi Robot and DexterOS: a completely new and elegant way to learn Python and robotics with Jupyter Lab!   This week we launch DexterOS 2.0, and the big features are all around Python! And speaking of languages, the French language is now supported in Bloxter; you can see programming...

This month we’re welcoming the latest release of DexterOS:  Version 1.3.  This latest version of DexterOS is packed with features asked for by educators in STEM classrooms around the world! Bloxter and Python Side by Side The most anticipated and exciting feature of DexterOS 1.3 is that Bloxter now lets you see your code in the Python programming language...