Robot Path

Line up the arrows, press go, and help the robot find the apple!

For ages 5–8 · Logic · Free · No ads

What your child learns

  • Early coding: plan a sequence first, then run it
  • Telling up, down, left and right apart on a grid
  • Counting steps and finding a way around obstacles
  • Finding and fixing the mistake when the robot bumps
  • A "repeat 2 times" block in harder levels: shorter code, same steps

How to play

  1. Look at the board: the robot, the apple and the rocks.
  2. Tap the arrow buttons to add commands to the strip. Tap a command to remove it, or use remove-last and clear-all.
  3. Press "Go": the robot follows the commands one step at a time.
  4. If the robot bumps a rock or the edge, the command that caused it turns red; fix it and run again. Reach the apple to move on.

For parents

  • Have your child trace the route with a finger before adding arrows.
  • The board grows from 3×3 to 5×5, with more rocks and detours.
  • After the second miss, dots on the board show the shortest path.
  • On a computer, arrow keys add commands and Backspace removes the last one.