Mai-Z Single Bot
One robot
Mai-Z is a robot mouse from 2Simple, built by Kitronik for the BBC micro:bit. Learners plan a route, code it and watch Mai-Z follow it, then find and fix what went wrong. It follows lines, senses obstacles and table edges, plays sounds, holds a pen and pushes a ball, and charges by USB-C. Floor tiles turn the classroom into a town of mazes and challenges. Add what you need to your quote basket and we send a quote for your school, with the delivery date.
Who it is for: A teacher trying Mai-Z, or a small group
Add what you need and we'll put together a quote for your school.
- We confirm what is in each set, and the delivery date, in your quote.
The robot needs a micro:bit V2, sold separately.
1 robot needs 1 micro:bit.
The micro:bits are not in the box. Add them to the same quote, or use ones your school already has. BBC micro:bit V2 Single: R 345 excl. VAT each.
What Mai-Z can do.
Picture a Grade 2 class with the floor tiles laid out as a little town. A group chooses where Mai-Z should go, codes the route and sends it off. Mai-Z misses a turn at the crossroads, so the group finds the step that went wrong and tries again. That is sequencing and debugging, with something everyone can watch.
Mai-Z is built by Kitronik for the BBC micro:bit, and comes from 2Simple in its own purple, with lessons in Purple Mash.
Follows a line
Sensors underneath follow the track on the line-following poster.
Senses obstacles and edges
A distance sensor spots what is ahead, and edge sensors notice the end of the table.
Lights and sounds
Four colour lights and a speaker that learners code to flash and play sounds.
Draws as it drives
A pen fits in the middle, so a route becomes a drawing on paper.
Pushes a ball
A scoop at the front pushes a table tennis ball, for a game of robot football.
Coded your way
Screen-free blocks, 2Code in Purple Mash, then MakeCode blocks or Python on the micro:bit.
A town to drive
36 floor tiles of roads, corners and places to drive to, in every Class and Group Set.
Charges by USB-C
Up to an hour on charge, then more than six hours of lessons, depending on use.
For Grade R to Grade 7, in the coding and robotics strands of the Coding and Robotics CAPS. Schools with Purple Mash also get units of work, lesson plans and slideshows for each grade.
See Mai-Z in action.
Three short films from Kitronik, who build Mai-Z. Press play and the film loads from YouTube.
Mai-Z the MouseBot, the floor robot with personality
Coding Mai-Z without a screen
Mai-Z Lesson in a Box
Films by Kitronik. Pressing play loads the film from YouTube, which sets its own cookies.
What's in the box
- 1 Mai-Z MouseBot floor robot, charged by USB-C
From the supplier's list. We confirm exactly what is in the box in your quote.
What changes in the classroom
- Sequencing and debugging long before learners type any code
- Group work, talk and turn-taking around a shared challenge
