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SHANGHAI, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

DFRobot is launching micro:Maqueen Plus this week, the newest offer of its

popular educational robot series of micro:Maqueen. The new product, adopting

machine learning technology, is designed for K-12 educators to teach AI through

teaching AI.

The Maqueen Plus is different from other educational programming robots on the

market, for it is equipped with AI capable of machine learning and visual

recognition. It is able to continuously improve its abilities to recognise

lines, colours, signs, QR codes, etc. Maqueen Plus has become smarter and

performs better in circumstances such as autopilot. This whole process provides

a direct and detailed experience for students to explore ideas and outputs of

AI technology.

With micro:Maqueen Plus, students can assemble a self-driving robot car by

themselves. The body of Maqueen Plus contains few parts which can be assembled

within minutes. The AI-powered 'eye', an AI vision sensor which gives the car

recognition abilities, is only one click away from becoming smart--with the

learning button pressed, the sensor begins observing targets in its frame and

learning to recognize the target with built-in AI visual ability.

"The best way to learn AI is to teach AI," said Liu, product manager of

micro:Maqueen Plus. "We are looking for a feasible approach to introduce AI

technology to today's STEM classroom. Being a STEM-based hardware, the first

thing Maqueen Plus does is to make it possible for students to build physical

projects, rather than just talking about AI technology in theory. In order to

make it easy to incorporate with, the robot is compatible with popular

platforms like micro:bit, so teachers don't have to spend much time on further

trainings of robotics or AI-related algorithms. What's more, the robot is

designed as a reusable educational hardware, with a friendly price no higher

than current programming educational robots on the market that have no AI-based

design."

Liu suggested that compared to previous micro:Maqueen, Maqueen Plus provides

more flexible AI robot teaching programs, more functions and expansion ports.

It has better power management, larger power supply capacity and chassis.

Carrying abundant scientific and technological knowledge, it is not only

suitable for classroom teaching, but can also be used for after school

exercises and robot competitions.

Source: DFRobot