Morphbots Arena
A. Chris Eslami
As the CEO and co-founder of MorphBots®, I have been leading an EdTech company that empowers US students with robotics education for over five years. I have a strong background in sales, business development, and social networking, as well as Excel and programming skills that I acquired from online courses and certifications. My passion is to promote ethical education and the future of human civilization through robotics literacy. I believe that all K12 students, regardless of their economic circumstances, should have access to robotics education to unlock their potential and prepare them for the 21st century. That's why I created MorphBots®, a platform that offers students a virtual and a physical robotics kit, and uses gamification and competition to make robotics cool and easy. We have reached thousands of students across the US, and have partnered with schools, districts, and nonprofits to maximize the accessibility and affordability of robotics education. My goal is to advance the MorphBots® mission and make robotics ubiquitous by 2050.
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Alan Jackson
Alan, CTO has been involved in technology for his entire career. Some high points: Alan has been interested in building robots since he was a youngster so he knows the excitement that robots create for children. Alan derives deep satisfaction from helping students learn complex information in a simple manner. From birth, our human brains are hungry to learn. Every student has the opportunity to enjoy learning and to excel. Alan, along with cofounder Chris, have used technology to inspire students to help their process. The company initially was formed to build a special modular robotic system called MorphBots that can assemble itself into a configuration designed by a user. The design and assembly process takes only a few minutes. The robotic modules move by sliding in the X, Y or Z direction. Basing the movement of the robotic modules on a sliding system allows accessories to be mounted on the faces of the modules that can accomplish tasks. The sliding system will perform tasks such as build a simple car or a walking robot. Current products include a robotics Ecourse (www.school.MorphBots.com) and a video game. (MorphBots.co). We offer materials that go with the courses. Over 100 kits have been provided to students. Alan has taken on his latest challenge: build a modular robotic system called Morphbots. The system consists of cubes that attach to each other and slide against each other. Alan is working on this difficult engneering problem and expects to have a prototype this year. In the meantime, a partial solution, Morphbots 2D, consists of a cube moving around on a surface. It's movement can be programmed by students. This system will be part of the interactive STEM program offered by MorphBots and will be online in August 2022. The system is controlled over the Internet. The system will allow collaboration among users everywhere.
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What inspired you to make this project?
We are on a mission to teach students how to program robots and increase their technical skills.
What are some of the challenges you have encountered and how did you address them?
We have discovered most schools do not have a robotics program either because it is cost prohibitive or they lack the teacher expertise. This is what spurred us to create a remote robotics platform where money and experience were removed from the equation. Our mission is to make being smart cool and ignite a revolution in learning how to program robots in K12 education.