{"id":11155,"date":"2025-10-20T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlescientists.ch\/microbit-and-machine-learning-ai-robotics\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:26:27","slug":"microbit-and-machine-learning-ai-robotics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/littlescientists.ch\/en\/microbit-and-machine-learning-ai-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro:bit and Machine Learning (AI & Robotics)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n Digital and Physical Worlds with Artificial Intelligence!
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In this hands-on workshop, students experience firsthand how artificial intelligence (AI) integrates with physical computing. They explore how machine learning can control real-world devices, and create intelligent systems that react to their surroundings. \n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Middle school (grades 5-6) and early secondary school (grades 1-2)<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Participants develop a complete AI-powered automation system from scratch:
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Using machine learning, students teach the computer to recognize specific objects through image classification.\n<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Construct a physical gate made of cardboard, equipped with a Micro:bit microcontroller and a servo motor.\n<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Connect the AI model to the Micro:bit and program the gate to open automatically, but only when the trained object is detected.\n<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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This workshop demonstrates how machine learning can be used to solve real, tangible problems. Students gain foundational knowledge in:
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