Bloombot is a plant care robot system to help 8-12 year old children learn about the environment in a gamified way. Children play games in-app and with their progress, they earn real time rewards - seeds - which they can plant in their bloombot planter robot. As their plant grows, the Bloombot robot utilizes sensors to keep track of plant needs and communicates those needs to the child through lights and motions.

Bloombot was a finalist in the Future Play Design Challenge in Billund, Denmark. The robot was prototyped and tested with several plants to calibrate sensors. Draft app visuals were developed with several different games, but none were launched. The robot was optimized for injection molding and went through several DFM reviews.

  • Date

    2020 - 2022
  • Categories

    Design, Child-Robot Interaction, Environmental Education