TL;DR

• Amakhithi akho awayeki ukusebenza ngosuku okumiswa ngalo ukukhiqizwa kwawo. Qala ngokuhlola ukuthi yini ephukayo ngempela: ukusekelwa kwe-app, izingxenye zokushintsha, ukufaneleka emincintiswaneni. Lungisa izikhala eziphuthumayo, uqhubeke nokufundisa, bese ushintsha i-hardware ngesikhathi esikufanele wena, hhayi esikafakazi somthengisi.
• I-LEGO Education yamemezela ngoJanuwari 2026 ukuthi lonke uhla lwemikhiqizo ye-SPIKE luyakhishwa emsebenzini, ukuthengiswa kuphele ngomhla ka-30 Juni 2026. Lokho kwenzeka eminyakeni emine ngemva kokumiswa kwe-Mindstorms lapho izikole zaqondiswa khona ku-SPIKE. Amaqembu e-FIRST LEGO League angasebenzisa i-SPIKE kuze kuphele isizini ka-2027-28 kuphela.
• Isixazululo esihlala isikhathi eside umthetho wokuthenga, hhayi ukukhetha umkhiqizi othile: thenga amapulatifomu asebenzisa izilimi ezijwayelekile (i-Python/MicroPython), asebenza ngokugcwele ngaphandle kwe-inthanethi engadingi i-akhawunti, asebenzisa amaphuzu okuxhuma ajwayelekile anezinzwa ezingathengwa ngazinye, futhi anaso ne-simulator ukuze ikharikhulamu iqhubeke ngisho i-hardware ingekho.
• Amakhono abhalwe ngolimi olujwayelekile aphila isikhathi eside kunanoma yiluphi ubhodi olulodwa. Amakhono avalelwe ngaphakathi kwe-app yenkampani eyodwa angawomthengisi, hhayi awabafundi bakho.

"Sathenga amasethi ekilasi kabili eminyakeni emine. Manje elesithathu?"

Uma uhlelo lwakho lwe-robotics lwakhelwe phezu kwe-LEGO SPIKE Prime, unyaka ka-2026 ubulukhuni. I-LEGO yamisa i-Mindstorms ngo-2022 yakhuthaza izikole ukuthi zithuthele ku-SPIKE. Eziningi zenza njalo, ngamanani amasethi ekilasi. NgoJanuwari 2026 i-LEGO yamemezela ukukhishwa emsebenzini kwalo lonke uhla lwe-SPIKE, ukuthengiswa kuphele ngomhla ka-30 Juni 2026, kulandele ikhithi elithi "Computer Science & AI" eliqala ku-$339.95. Izikole ezilandele indlela esemthethweni yokuthutha manje zibhekene nokuthenga kwazo kwesithathu eminyakeni emine.

Lokhu akulona uzwelo olusha. Ngesikhathi i-Mindstorms ibulawa, umsizi we-IT esikoleni saseJalimane wabeka yonke inkinga ngomusho owodwa:

"Esikudingayo ukuqiniseka ekuhleleni."

— Jürgen Adloff, isikole i-Maria Montessori comprehensive, nge-heise.de, Jul 2024

Izindleko azigcini nje ku-hardware. Yizo zonke izinhlelo zezifundo, wonke amahora okuqeqeshwa kothisha nayo yonke imihlahlandlela yokwakha eboshelwe kulelo pulatifomu:

"Abaqeqeshi nabeluleki abakhe amakharikhulamu azungeze i-SPIKE Prime kuzodingeka baphinde baqeqeshwe kumapulatifomu amasha[,] babhale kabusha izifundo namasu okwakhiwa kwamarobhothi"

— ibhulogi ye-STEAMLY NY, Jan 2026

Amaqembu emincintiswano athola eyawo inguqulo yalokho kwethuka. NgoDisemba 2025, i-FIRST yamemezela ukuthi kusukela esizinini sika-2027-28 uhlelo olusha lokulawula i-SystemCore luzovumela i-actuator eyodwa kuphela esemthethweni, i-A301 eyakhiwe yi-REV (amaqembu asele kuhlelo elidala le-Control Hub agcina ama-motor awo akhona kuze kube okungenani yisizini ka-2030-31). Uchungechunge lwesimemezelo se-Chief Delphi lwafinyelela emibhalweni engu-189, ukubukwa okungu-8,474 nokuthandwa okungu-1,537, kwabe sekulandela isicelo esisayiniwe ku-change.org. Umbhalo owodwa womfundi wesicelo esisayiniwe ku-r/FTC ufingqe iziphikiso:

"ukuqhubeka kokubusa kwe-rev yodwa emakethe, ukungabi bikho kokwethembeka, ukufinyeleleka okuncane ikakhulukazi kumaqembu anesabelomali esincane nawangaphandle, kanye nokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwama-actuator esinawo manje esiwakhokhele imali enkulu abaningi bethu"

— umbhalo wesicelo womfundi, r/FTC, Dec 2025

Ngale kwezemfundo, i-IoT yabathengi ichithe unyaka ka-2025 ifundisa wonke umuntu isifundo esifanayo. I-AeroGarden yamemezela ukuthi izovala ngomhla ka-1 Januwari 2025, ithembisa ukusekelwa kwe-app "kuze kube nguMashi 2026" kuphela. I-Belkin yamemezela ukuthi ifu ne-app ye-Wemo kuzophela ngomhla ka-31 Januwari 2026. Umuntu obephawula ku-Hacker News wafinyelela esiphethweni esisobala:

"Yingakho noma yisiphi isisetshenziswa esizenzakalelayo esingena ekhaya lami kudingeka sisebenze ngaphandle kwe-inthanethi noma i-app."

— umbono ku-Hacker News ngokubulawa kwe-Wemo yi-Belkin, Jul 2025

Kungani lokhu kulokhu kwenzeka

I-hardware yezemfundo iyibhizinisi eliseceleni kubakhiqizi babathengi

Izinkampani zamathoyizi nezogesi zabathengi zisebenza ngemijikelezo yemikhiqizo yasezitolo. Uhla lwemikhiqizo lunqunywa ngezizathu ezingahlangene nhlobo nohlelo lwakho lobuchwepheshe lweminyaka emihlanu. Izikole zenza isabelomali ngemijikelezo yeminyaka eminingi futhi zilindele ukuthi isethi yekilasi isebenzele amaqoqo abafundi amaningana. Lawo mawashi amabili awakaze ahambisane, futhi lapho engqubuzana, kulahlekelwa isikole. I-Mindstorms ngo-2022 ne-SPIKE ngo-2026 yindaba eyodwa ephindwe kabili.

Izinhlelo ezivalekile zenza ukumiswa kube ukulahlekelwa okuphelele

Uma amaphuzu okuxhuma engawenkampani eyodwa, izinzwa zibe ngezayo, futhi ulimi lokuhlela luwulimi lwamabhulokhi laleyo nkampani ngaphakathi kwe-app yayo, konke kuboshelwe ohlelweni lwenkampani eyodwa. Lapho ipulatifomu lifa, kufa nekharikhulamu, ukuqeqeshwa kothisha nomgudu wezingxenye zokushintsha. Qhathanisa lokho nohlelo olufundiswa nge-Python ejwayelekile: ubhodi lungashintshwa, ukufunda akushintshwa.

Ukuncika kwifu nakwi-app kwengeza esinye isivalo esibulalayo

Ngisho noma i-hardware isasebenza, usuku lokuphela kokusekelwa kwe-app lungayishiya isibhaxu. I-app ye-EV3 ye-LEGO ifika ekupheleni kokusekelwa ngomhla ka-31 Julayi 2026, ishiye amarobhothi asasebenza andulela i-SPIKE. I-AeroGarden ne-Wemo zibonisa inguqulo enzima kakhulu: amadivayisi adinga ifu ukuze asebenze ayama nya. Noma yiliphi idivayisi elidinga i-akhawunti, ukufakwa esitolo sama-app noma iseva ukuze lenze umsebenzi walo oyisisekelo linesikhathi sokuphila esinqunywa umnyango wezimali womunye umuntu.

Imithetho yemincintiswano ingakuvalela ngobusuku obubodwa

Amaqembu awawulawuli umqulu wemithetho. Isinqumo se-FIRST se-actuator eyodwa sibonisa ukuthi ngisho nabathengi abaqaphile impahla yabo ingashiywa yisikhathi ngenxa yenqubomgomo, hhayi ngenxa yesayensi. Ababephawula kuchungechunge lwesimemezelo se-Chief Delphi baveza ukuxaka komthetho othi ukhuthaza inkululeko yokwakha ngokususa zonke ezinye izinketho.

Okusebenza ngempela: uhlu lokuhlola ukuthenga okumelana nezinguquko

Awukwazi ukwenza umthengisi angafi. Ungakwazi ukwenza uhlelo lwakho luqhubeke noma ngabe kufa yiphi inkampani. Ngaphambi kwe-oda lokuthenga elilandelayo, hlola wonke amapulatifomu ongawakhetha ngale mithetho eyisithupha:

1. Ulimi olujwayelekile noma lutho. Ipulatifomu kumele lihleleke nge-MicroPython, i-Python noma olunye ulimi olusetshenziswa emhlabeni wonke, hhayi ngolimi lwamabhulokhi lwenkampani eyodwa kuphela. Amabhulokhi alungile kwabaqalayo, kodwa kumele kube nendlela ebhaliwe eya ekhodini yangempela, ngoba ikhodi yangempela idlulela kubhodi olulandelayo, iye naku-matric, iye nasemsebenzini.
2. Yenza uvivinyo lwe-router evaliwe. Khipha i-inthanethi bese uzama isifundo esiphelele: faka ikhodi, funda izinzwa, uqhube ama-motor. Uma ipulatifomu lidinga i-akhawunti, iseva yokungena noma ukuvumelanisa nefu ukuze lenze umsebenzi walo oyisisekelo, liyafeyila. Ukucishwa kukagesi kwenza lolu vivinyo lubaluleke kabili ezikoleni zaseNingizimu Afrika, kodwa ukuvalwa kwe-AeroGarden ne-Wemo kulwenza lubaluleke yonke indawo.
3. Amaphuzu okuxhuma ajwayelekile nezingxenye ezithengiswa ngazinye. Ungakwazi yini ukuthenga inzwa eyodwa yokushintsha, noma kumele uthenge elinye ikhithi eliphelele? Amapulaki enkampani eyodwa ayintela kukho konke ukulungisa kwesikhathi esizayo. Khetha amaphothi e-plug-and-play amukela izinzwa ezitholakala kalula yonke indawo.
4. Ukuqhubeka nge-simulator. Uma i-hardware ilahlekile, yephukile, yebiwe noma ingasakhiqizwa, abafundi bangaqhubeka yini nokufunda besebenzisa isiphequluli? I-simulator esebenzisa ulimi olufanayo nolobhodi isho ukuthi ikharikhulamu yakho ayilokothi ibanjwe yisibambiso ukubambezeleka kokuthunyelwa kwempahla noma ukukhishwa komkhiqizo emsebenzini.
5. Sebenzisa uvivinyo lokunyamalala komthengisi. Buza umhlinzeki ngqo: uma inkampani yakho inyamalala kusasa, yini esasebenza? Izimpendulo eziqotho yilezo ezibalula izindinganiso ezivulekile. Zikhona izinhlelo zomphakathi zokutakula, i-Pybricks izibiza ngokusobala ngokuthi "Saving LEGO MINDSTORMS", kodwa ukutakulwa ongakudingi kungcono kunokutakulwa okufikayo.
6. Yehlukanisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali ngezigaba. Zama ngesethi encane ithemu elilodwa ngaphambi kokuzibophezela kwisethi yekilasi. Beka isabelomali sezingxenye zokushintsha ngesikhathi sokuthenga, hhayi ngesikhathi sokulungisa, ngenkathi izingxenye zisathengiswa.

Indlela esibhekane ngayo nalokhu nge-sheenbot∞

Sakha sheenbot∞ siqondise ngqo kulezi zindlela zokuhluleka, ngoba sabona izikole ziphila kuzo. Ubhodi lusebenzisa i-MicroPython ejwayelekile, ngakho ikhodi namakhono kuphila isikhathi eside kunanoma yimuphi umkhiqizo owodwa. Lusebenza ngokugcwele ngaphandle kwe-inthanethi, lungadingi i-akhawunti, lungadingi ukubhalisa futhi lungancikile kwifu; alukho lutho kubhodi oluyeka ukusebenza uma amaseva ethu engatholakali. Amaphothi angawe-plug-and-play futhi izinzwa yizingxenye ezijwayelekile ezithengiswa ngazinye esitolo sethu, ngakho inzwa ephukile kuwukuthenga okuncane, hhayi ikhithi elisha. Izibuyekezo ze-firmware zifika nge-BLE. Futhi ukuqhubeka kwekharikhulamu kunakekelwa ngu-sheen verse, i-simulator ye-3D yamahhala esebenzela esipheqululini ephethe i-MicroPython yangempela ngaphandle kwe-hardware nhlobo. Ukuze sikhulume iqiniso ngalolu hlu lokuhlola: siyinkampani encane kune-LEGO, futhi yingakho kanye sibophele ipulatifomu ezindinganisweni ezivulekile esikhundleni sokucela nje ukuthi sithenjwe. Uma uhlela kabusha ilebhu lonke esikhundleni sekhithi elilodwa, insizakalo yethu yokuthola nokusetha izinto zelebhu ikhona ukuze yenze lo msebenzi wokuthenga kanye nawe, kufaka phakathi nohlu lwabathengisi.

Izinketho zakho ezingokoqobo, ziqhathaniswa

Inketho	Izibonelo	Okusala kusebenza uma ukukhiqizwa kumisiwe	Umthwalo womsebenzi kathisha	Ubunzima obungafihlwa
Uhlelo oluvaliwe lwenkampani eyodwa	LEGO SPIKE, VEX IQ	I-hardware iyaqhubeka isebenza, kodwa ama-app, izingxenye zokushintsha nokufaneleka emincintiswaneni kuphelelwa yisikhathi ngokwesimiso somthengisi (ukuthengiswa kwe-SPIKE kuphela ngomhla ka-30 Juni 2026; ukusetshenziswa kwe-FLL kuphela ngemva kuka-2027-28)	Uphansi kakhulu ngosuku lokuqala: izifundo esezicwengiwe nokuphathwa kwekilasi kufakiwe	Ubungozi bokuphinda uthenge futhi (i-Mindstorms, kwabe sekuba yi-SPIKE, manje umlandeli ka-$339.95); amakhono olimi lwamabhulokhi awadluliseleki; amaphuzu okuxhuma enkampani eyodwa
Ubhodi lwezindinganiso ezivulekile	sheenbot∞, micro:bit	Ikhodi ye-MicroPython/Python isebenza kubhodi olulandelayo; izinzwa ezijwayelekile zingaphinda zisetshenziswe; ukusebenza ngaphandle kwe-inthanethi akuthinteki nakancane uma ifu livalwa	Okuphakathi nendawo: ukufundisa ngolimi lwangempela kudinga ukuthuthukiswa kwamakhono kathisha, okwenziwa lula ngabahleli abasuka kumabhulokhi baye ekhodini nangama-simulator	Izinhlelo zokwakha zincane kunezitini ze-LEGO; abathengisi abancane banobungozi babo bokungahlali isikhathi eside, obunciphiswa yizindinganiso ezivulekile kodwa bungasuswa ngokuphelele
I-DIY emsulwa	I-ESP32 eluhlaza, i-Arduino	Konke: yonke ingxenye iyatholakala kalula futhi ithengwa ezindaweni eziningi	Uphakeme kakhulu: uthisha uba nguhlanganisi wezinhlelo, umbhali wekharikhulamu nedeski lokulungisa	Izintambo ezibuthakathaka ezandleni ezincane, akukho ukusekelwa okuhlangene, ukulungiselela isifundo kuyephuza; kunzima kubafundi abasebancane

Imibuzo Evame Ukubuzwa

Ingabe i-LEGO SPIKE Prime isimisiwe ukukhiqizwa?

Yebo. I-LEGO Education yamemezela ngoJanuwari 2026 ukuthi lonke uhla lwe-SPIKE luyakhishwa emsebenzini, ukuthengiswa kuphele ngomhla ka-30 Juni 2026. Umlandeli omenyezelwe yikhithi elithi "Computer Science & AI" eliqala ku-$339.95, futhi amaqembu e-FIRST LEGO League angaqhubeka esebenzisa i-SPIKE kuze kuphele isizini ka-2027-28 kuphela.

Ingabe amakhithi ethu e-SPIKE ne-EV3 esesinawo ayeka ukusebenza manje?

Cha. I-hardware iyaqhubeka isebenza; okuphelelwa yisikhathi ukusekelwa kwe-software okusemthethweni, ukutholakala kwezingxenye zokushintsha nokufaneleka emincintiswaneni. Qaphela izinsuku: ukusekelwa kwe-app ye-EV3 kuphela ngomhla ka-31 Julayi 2026, futhi amaphrojekthi e-firmware omphakathi afana ne-Pybricks, ezibiza ngokuthi "Saving LEGO MINDSTORMS", angakwazi ukwelula impilo eyisebenzisekayo yezitini esezikhishiwe emsebenzini. Sebenzisa isikhathi esisele ukuze ufundise ngenkathi uhlela ushintsho ngokuzola.

Yiliphi irobhothi lokubhala ikhodi elingcono kakhulu elisebenza ngaphandle kokubhalisa noma i-akhawunti?

Ahlulele amakhandidethi ngemibandela, hhayi ngokukhangisa: kufanele lihleleke nge-MicroPython noma i-Python ejwayelekile, liphase uvivinyo lwe-router evaliwe isifundo esiphelele, futhi lisebenzise izinzwa ezijwayelekile ezingathengwa ngazinye. sheenbot∞ yakhelwe ngqo leyo nqubo: isebenza ngokuphelele ngaphandle kwe-inthanethi, ayidingi i-akhawunti noma ukubhalisa, isebenzisa i-MicroPython ejwayelekile, futhi inayo isihleli samabhulokhi ne-simulator yamahhala esipheqululini ongazama ngayo ngaphambi kokuthenga noma yini.

Kwenzekani kumadivayisi ahlakaniphile uma insizakalo yefu ivalwa?

Uma idivayisi lidinga ifu ukuze lenze umsebenzi walo oyinhloko, liyayeka ukusebenza noma lilahlekelwe iningi lezici zalo. I-AeroGarden yamemezela ukuvalwa kwayo ngomhla ka-1 Januwari 2025 ithembisa ukusekelwa kwe-app "kuze kube nguMashi 2026" kuphela, kanti i-Belkin yabeka ukuphela kwefu ne-app ye-Wemo ngomhla ka-31 Januwari 2026. Isivikelo ukuthenga amadivayisi asebenzela lapha ekhaya, ngaphandle kwe-inthanethi noma i-app ephoqelelekile.

Singakwenza kanjani ukuthi ukuthenga kwethu okulandelayo kwe-robotics kumelane nezinguquko?

Sebenzisa uhlu lokuhlola lwemithetho eyisithupha olungenhla: ulimi olujwayelekile, ukusebenza ngaphandle kwe-inthanethi kuqala, amaphuzu okuxhuma nezingxenye zokushintsha ezijwayelekile, ukuqhubeka nge-simulator, impendulo ecacile mayelana nokunyamalala komthengisi, kanye nokuthenga ngezigaba. Akekho umthengisi ongathembisa ukuhlala ekhona phakade, ngakho thenga amapulatifomu anenani elisala likhona ngisho umthengisi engasekho. Uma ufuna usizo lokuqhuba leyo nqubo kwilebhu yonke, bheka insizakalo yethu yokuthola izinto zelebhu noma uzame kuqala i-simulator yamahhala ye-sheen verse nekilasi lakho.