Learning Math with Robotics
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Making Mathematics Meaningful, Hands-On, and Connected to the Real World
Students learn best when mathematics is meaningful, hands-on, and connected to the real world.
Through Learning Math with Robotics™, Barobo helps students make abstract mathematical concepts tangible and meaningful through coding, manipulatives, virtual robots, and physical robots while building confidence, computational thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
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Nation's First Comprehensive TK–12 Mathematics Program Integrating Mathematics with Coding, Manipulatives, and Robotics
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Approved for Adoption by the California State Board of Education
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Developing All Students to Think and Reason as Mathematicians
Quick Facts
✓ California State Board of Education Approved
✓ Nation's First Comprehensive TK–12 Mathematics Program Integrating Mathematics with Coding, Manipulatives, and Robotics
✓ Same Robot and Platform from TK–12
✓ Core Instruction • Intervention • Afterschool Programs
✓ Virtual and Physical Robots
✓ 18 Languages
✓ More Than 16,000 Learning Experiences
✓ Alignment Guides for 25+ Widely Used Mathematics Programs
Learning in Action
Mathematics Learning in the Classroom
See how students use coding, manipulatives, and robotics to make abstract mathematics tangible and meaningful.
RoboPlay™ Challenge Competitions
Students apply mathematics to creatively solve real-world problems through teamwork in curriculum-embedded, math-focused robotics competitions.
RoboParade™ Projects
Students showcase creativity, mathematical thinking, engineering design, and coding through collaborative RoboParade projects.
Why Learning Math with Robotics?
RoboBlocky Math™ is an innovative curriculum for Learning Math with Robotics™, emphasizing real-world mathematics problem solving, student agency, and TK–12 coherence.
The program helps educators connect mathematics, coding, manipulatives, robotics, and real-world problem solving through standards-aligned curricula, instructional resources, and hands-on learning experiences that make abstract mathematical concepts tangible and meaningful.
Approved for adoption by the California State Board of Education under the California Mathematics Framework, RoboBlocky Math is fully aligned with state mathematics standards and frameworks.
Developed in collaboration with the UC Davis C-STEM Center, RoboBlocky Math builds on more than two decades of research and classroom implementation.
TK-12 Coherence
Using the same robot and platform from transitional kindergarten through high school, students build skills and confidence year after year.
Coding and robotics are integrated strategically and purposefully only when they meaningfully enhance mathematical understanding, reasoning, engagement, and problem solving.
Students experience a coherent learning pathway that grows with them from early mathematics through advanced mathematics, computer science, engineering design, and STEAM learning.
Low Floor. High Ceiling.
RoboBlocky supports beginners while providing advanced opportunities for students ready to move further and faster.
Students transition naturally from block-based coding to text-based programming in C/C++, supporting long-term growth in computational thinking and computer science.
Flexible Pathways for Every Learner
RoboBlocky Math supports flexible implementation pathways while remaining fully aligned with grade-level mathematics standards.
Core Mathematics Instruction
Teacher-led mathematics instruction for all students.
Supplemental Mathematics Support
Selected lessons and activities that enhance existing mathematics curricula, supported by alignment guides for more than 25 widely used mathematics programs.
Tier 2 Intervention
Scheduled intervention courses for students requiring additional support.
Tier 3 Targeted Support
Paraeducator- and special education teacher-led individualized or small-group instruction.
Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Hands-on learning experiences that extend mathematics learning beyond the school day.
The same curriculum supports both intervention and enrichment through flexible pacing and instructional approaches.
One Robot. One Platform. TK–12 Learning.
Unlike most educational robotics programs, RoboBlocky uses the same robot hardware, programming tools, and learning platform from transitional kindergarten through high school.
Students progressively deepen their mathematical understanding, computational thinking, engineering design, and problem-solving skills while continuing to learn on familiar tools that grow with them year after year.
The same physical and programming tools support learning across mathematics, computer science, engineering design, robotics, and STEAM education, creating a coherent TK–12 pathway for students and a sustainable implementation model for schools.
Reconfigurable Robotics for Unlimited Possibilities
Barobo's patented Linkbot modular robotics technology allows students to quickly build, program, and reconfigure robot systems for diverse projects, engineering challenges, and RoboPlay™ Challenge Competitions.
Using patented SnapConnect technology, students can easily combine Linkbots and accessories to create a wide variety of 2D and 3D robot machines without special tools.
Students can further extend their designs through:
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Virtual and physical robots
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OmniBot robots
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Arduino integration
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Sensor-based robotics
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LEGO-compatible components
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3D-printed custom parts
The same robotics ecosystem supports learning from elementary school through advanced high school engineering and computer science projects.
Built for Exploration, Creativity, and Growth
RoboBlocky supports hands-on learning through coding, manipulatives, virtual robots, physical robots, engineering design projects, and collaborative challenges.
The platform includes:
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Integrated Learning Management System (LMS)
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Real-time classroom interaction tools
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Support for 18 languages
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Block-based coding through C/C++ programming
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A low floor for beginners and a high ceiling for advanced learners
Students transition naturally from block-based coding to text-based programming while developing mathematical reasoning, computational thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
More than 16,000 lessons, activities, Big Idea Tasks, Big Idea Projects, and RoboPlay Challenges support mathematics learning, intervention, computer science, engineering design, and expanded learning programs.
Built to Support Teachers
RoboBlocky Math is designed to empower all teachers—including those with no prior coding or robotics experience—to confidently guide students in making mathematics real, engaging, and accessible.
Resources include:
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Comprehensive Instructor Handbooks
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Student Workbooks
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Digital resources in multiple languages
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Print editions in English and Spanish
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Structured lessons integrated with manipulatives and robotics
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Big Idea Tasks (K–5)
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Big Idea Projects (6–12)
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RoboPlay™ Challenges
Professional development and implementation support help educators successfully implement mathematics, coding, and robotics instruction while empowering teachers as leaders in innovative mathematics education.
Through its partnership with UC Merced Professional and Continuing Education (PACE), Barobo supports teacher preparation and professional development that help educators inspire a love of mathematics.
Research-Informed Instruction
RoboBlocky Instructional Strategy for Excellence (RISE)
A research-informed instructional framework supporting conceptual understanding, mathematical reasoning, inquiry, problem solving, and academic language development.
REST (Run, Explain, Step, and Talk)
A structured instructional model supporting inquiry-based learning, prediction, explanation, discourse, and collaborative problem solving through coding and robotics experiences.
Together, these frameworks strengthen mathematical reasoning, discourse, engagement, inquiry, and student ownership of learning.
Beyond Mathematics
Learning Math with Robotics™ is part of a broader TK–12 ecosystem that includes:
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Computer Science with Robotics
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Engineering Design with Robotics
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STEAM Education
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Expanded Learning Programs
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AP Computer Science Principles with Robotics
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Accelerated Mathematics Pathways
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Highly Accelerated Mathematics Pathways
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Arduino and Physical Computing
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Sensor-Based Robotics
Students develop skills that prepare them for future mathematics, computer science, engineering, and career pathways.
Proven Impact
Developing All Students to Think and Reason as Mathematicians
RoboBlocky Math helps students develop mathematical reasoning, confidence, perseverance, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
In one documented implementation, the percentage of sixth-grade students meeting or exceeding standards on the SBAC mathematics assessment increased from 16% to 71% within one year—a 344% improvement.
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