Ichizero
Ichizero offers Bella, an AI learning robot that teaches children artificial intelligence concepts through hands-on, screen-free activities. Children train the robot using its camera, sounds, and movement, programming it through a visual block-based interface called Bella Flow. The platform includes ready-made 25-minute flashcard lessons designed to fit within a single class period, with all data staying local on the device.
- Education Technology
- Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Hardware
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Traditional computer science and AI education often relies on abstract, screen-based instruction that fails to engage younger students or demystify how AI actually works. Teachers face significant barriers to introducing AI concepts due to limited class time, lack of specialized training, and school IT restrictions.
Solution
Bella is an AI learning robot that teaches children basic artificial intelligence concepts through hands-on, screen-free activities. Children teach the robot by taking photos, assigning sounds, and programming movements using a visual block-based interface called Bella Flow, with all learning data remaining local and private on the device. The platform includes ready-made 25-minute flashcard lessons that fit into a single class period, with each card containing one clear exercise that a twelve-year-old can follow independently. A companion app lets teachers scan a QR code to connect to the robot, run published flashcards, or write and send custom activities to their classroom robots.
Target Audience
Primary customers are primary and middle school educators seeking structured, age-appropriate AI literacy tools for classroom use, as well as educational institutions and school districts looking to introduce AI concepts without heavy IT infrastructure requirements.
Features
- Integrated camera enables on-device image classification training, where children take photos of objects to teach the robot to recognize them
- Sound assignment capabilities allow children to pair custom audio responses to correct and incorrect answers
- 360-degree movement system with adjustable step durations (one, three, five, seven, or ten seconds) for programming locomotion
- Bella Flow visual block-based programming interface with loops and conditions that require no typing
- Expressional LED eyes that blink, wink, twinkle, or show sadness, with reactions determined by the child's program
- Flashcard lessons that are 25-minute, ready-to-run exercises written at sixth-grade reading level
- Setup requires only joining the robot's WiFi and opening a web page, taking five minutes once per device
- Companion teacher app for QR-code connection, live device view, and custom flashcard creation