Blockly with CoDrone EDU – Robolink Basecamp

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Blockly

with CoDrone EDU

We’ve moved to our new lesson portal: Robolink Learn! Lessons here will remain available until the end of June 2026. This version of Basecamp uses outdated references to Blockly for Robolink. You can access the previous version of Blockly here.

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Learn the foundations of coding with drag-and-drop blocks in our visual programming language. This is an excellent starting place for beginner programmers and drone pilots.

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Beginner

Blockly is available at robolink.com/blockly-cde. In this lesson, you will be introduced to the coding web application you will use to fly CoDrone EDU! This lesson is very important…

1.1: Connecting and Coding with Blockly

15 - 20 mins 32

You get to fly your drone! In this lesson, you'll learn how to program it so it can take off, stay in the air, and then land.

1.2: Flight Commands

15 - 20 mins 16

Your CoDrone EDU can do way more than just take off and land. In this lesson, you'll learn how to program your CoDrone EDU to move up, down,…

1.3: Flight Directions

30 - 45 mins 18

You might know what variables are in math or science, but what do they do in programming? This lesson will answer that question and show you how to…

1.4: Variables

45 - 60 mins 12

You make decisions in your everyday life, and you can also make a program that can make decisions! These are called conditionals, and they include if, else if,…

1.5: Conditionals

45 - 60 mins 15

There might be times when you need to do the same thing over and over and over again in your program. Instead of using the same blocks over…

1.6: Loops

45 - 60 mins 10

You used the CoDrone EDU's LEDs in some of your past programs, but this lesson is completely dedicated to them! Learn how to change which parts of the…

1.7: LEDs

15 - 20 mins 11

So far you've only done autonomous programming with your CoDrone EDU --- once you upload the program, it takes off, flies, and lands on its own. You get…

1.8: Remote Control

20 - 30 mins 11

Intermediate

You get to fly your drone using a new programming toolkit! In this lesson, you'll learn how to program the drone to take off, stay in the air,…

2.1: Flight Events

Your CoDrone EDU can do way more than just take off and land. In this lesson, you'll learn how to program your CoDrone EDU to move up, down,…

2.2: Flight Directions

You might know what variables are in math or science, but what do they do in programming? This lesson will answer that question and show you how to…

2.3: Variables

You make decisions in your everyday life, and you can also make a program that can make decisions! These are called conditionals, and they include if, else if,…

2.4: Conditionals

There might be times when you need to do the same thing over and over and over again in your program. Instead of using the same blocks over…

2.5: Loops

You used the CoDrone EDU's LEDs in some of your past programs, but this lesson is completely dedicated to them! Learn how to change which parts of the…

2.6: LEDs

Functions are sets of code that can be named and reused in a program to perform specific tasks. They're great for simplifying your code and troubleshooting faster. In…

2.7: Functions

So far you've only done autonomous programming with your CoDrone EDU --- once you upload the program, it takes off, flies, and lands on its own. You get…

2.8: Remote Control

Advanced

To this point, most of the inputs we have learned have been contained within the drone's code. But did you know the drone can sense and understand information…

3.1: Sensors Introduction

Your CoDrone EDU doesn't have a battery indicator on it like your computer or phone, but you can retrieve the battery percentage with code! Learn how to program…

3.2: Battery

Your CoDrone EDU has sensors that turn it into a makeshift weather balloon. In this lesson, your CoDrone will be a meteorologist and read and print both its…

3.3: Temperature and Air Pressure

Gyroscope (gyro) sensors are a lot like compasses --- they sense rotational motion and detect orientation to figure out what direction something is facing. They're used in everything…

3.4: Gyroscope

You used the barometer to measure air pressure and estimate elevation in a previous lesson. In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to use the bottom range…

3.5: Bottom Range (Height) Sensor

In this lesson, we will learn the basics of the front range sensor located on the front of the CoDrone EDU. This sensor can be used to measure…

3.6: Front Range Sensor

In this lesson, we will learn how to access and use the color sensor located on the bottom of the CoDrone EDU. We will learn how to calibrate…

3.7 - Color Sensor

60 - 75 mins 14

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