Robots at CSTA 2026

It seems like robots are everywhere at CSTA in the exhibit hall. I made a pass through and looked at most of them. So who was showing robots?

Ozobot is first. I love these little robots. They are adorable, come fully assembled and students also love them. Their new Ari robot has a bunch of new features including a display screen that is touch sensitive and some additional sensors.

G-cube from  Roborisen is a new one for me. It consists of cubes that are building blocks to make programmable robots. Anywhere from one to six can make up a robot so there is a lot of creative potential. So worth checking out..

Stemfinity sells itself as a one stop stem shop and they offer a lot of STEM related materials. They were showing a bunch of different robots.

Firia Labs was showing a couple of robots including the Codebot which is pretty nice. They also have recently announced CodeAIR, a programmable drone where the code is loaded onto the drone so not remotely controlled. They have curriculum available as well.

Crexo is the parent company for a number of edtech companies including Birdbrain, makers of the Finch robot originally developed at Carnegie Mellon University.They had a number of robots as well as other items I would characterize as physical computing devices.

Pitsco Education is another on stop shop for STEM related items. They have robots, drones, and a lot more. One could spend a good amount of time at their booth or browsing their website.

Vex Robotics has one of the largest booths at CSTA 2026. Needless to say, they are all about the robots and have a lot to show off.

Forward education is not primarily about robots but they have some on display and they are related to some of their curriculum. The curriculum looks interesting.

Well, that is an overview. If you are at CSTA, now maybe you have some exhibits to visit. If you are not at CSTA, you have some links to exhibitors and some idea of what they are about. Hope this helps.