# I didn't have robots, but chose a intro activity

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/i-didnt-have-robots-but-chose-a-intro-activity/4220>\
**Category:** Unit 6 Best Practices\
**Created:** [June 13, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/i-didnt-have-robots-but-chose-a-intro-activity/4220 "2016-06-13T17:11:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/i-didnt-have-robots-but-chose-a-intro-activity/4220/1 "2016-06-13T17:11:33Z")

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I didn’t have robots in my budget this year and ran out of time for Unit 6. However, I wanted to give an introduction to robots, so I introduced the first section of the unit and then had students complete a “straw hand robot”. They video I found is in another language, but it made it more applicable to have students use their problem solving skills to create the robot. Here is a link to video:

  
[Straw Robot hand tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bzowm4v2Vk)