1. Technology overview
Robolink is a company based at 8920 Kenamar Dr, San Diego, California that sells programmable drones and curriculum for classrooms, competitions and career and technical education. It states that its products are trusted by more than 9,000 US schools, including districts such as LAUSD, Miami-Dade County and Dallas ISD.
The CoDrone EDU line is programmed in Blockly or Python through the Drone Lab web tool, with sensor and flight data available to students. Robolink Learn provides STEM and computer science lessons mapped to ISTE and CSTA standards, and classroom packs, online professional development and an aerial drone competition complete the offer. The camera-enabled CoDrone EDU Plus adds computer vision such as YOLO object detection and AprilTag recognition.
2. Highlighted features & specifications
- CoDrone EDU: classroom drone sold singly or in classroom packs.
- CoDrone EDU Plus: front and bottom cameras with YOLO object detection, color and shape detection, QR, ArUco and AprilTag recognition.
- Drone Lab: web tool for Blockly and Python coding with sensor and flight data.
- Robolink Learn: STEM and computer science lessons with a curriculum guide.
- CTE curricula: career-connected lessons such as search and rescue and logistics.
- Aerial Drone Competition: student contest with the REC Foundation.
3. Potential application
Vietnamese technical colleges and high schools can run drone programming electives with CoDrone EDU. STEM centers can host indoor drone challenge events. Schools with agriculture or survey programs can link drone coding to local career pathways.
4. Benefits
Listed pricing starts at USD 249 per drone, which the company positions below competing classroom drones. Block and Python coding lets one product serve middle through high school. Lessons mapped to ISTE and CSTA standards and career-connected modules reduce preparation work. COPPA and FERPA icons are shown on Robolink Learn.
5. Market trends & opportunities
Drone and computer vision skills are entering school STEM and vocational programs, and AI literacy is spreading to secondary grades. In Vietnam, drones are used in agriculture and surveying, which creates interest in drone programming at technical and high schools.
6. Other information
Based in San Diego, California. CoDrone EDU Plus was named a CES 2026 Innovation Awards Honoree and previewed at ISTE 2026 (2026-07 blog post). Partners listed include US Air Force JROTC, Texas Instruments and REC Foundation.
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