Programming languages and robotics
People don't write long strings of 0s and 1s. Programmers use programming languages: sets of words and rules that the computer then changes into binary code. Learning one is like learning any language: you need to know its words and its grammar.
A programming language for kids: you join coloured blocks to make games and animations. Try it online with an adult!
A language that professional programmers use to write games, apps and the programs inside machines.
Robotics
Robotics is the science of making machines that work automatically: they do a job without someone telling them how each time. Every robot has a computer inside, so robotics scientists have two jobs:
- 1🔧 Build the machine
Design and make the robot's body so it can do the job.
- 2💻 Write the program
Code the instructions that tell the machine how to do the job.
In car factories, robots weld car parts together all day. They do it because a program tells them exactly how to move.