Girl Scouts can earn a bunch of new badges by building and programming robots

To earn this badge, Juniors learn how robots receive instructions. (Apparently, it's similar to how axons do it in the human brain.) They then do an anatomical study of a robot and create their own simple machines.

For this badge, Juniors — fourth and fifth graders — learn about artificial intelligence and robotics as a field. It's part philosophy and part lab. The Juniors discuss what robots can do and then build a robot to solve a major world problem.

To earn this badge, Brownies must learn about biomimicry, about designing robots and other machines after things that occur in nature. They also learn about the connections between nature and robots.

Later the Brownies build their own robot arms. The final task to earn the badge is to build a robot that helps people or animals.

This is a badge for the competitive kids. To earn it, Brownies learn about robot competitions and science fairs, and learn about the art of sharing one's robot with the world.

This is where Brownies — second and third graders — learn about computer programming, and how robots gather data. The Brownies build their own simple machines and then practice coding on a device.

To earn this badge, Daisies must build a robot prototype. The goal is to design something that can fix an everyday problem, through a mix of gears, levels, and pulleys.

This badge is where the computer programming begins. The Daisies are taught about computational thinking and algorithms. They also learn a core concept about robots: they work by following instructions.

This Daisy-level badge helps kindergartners and first-graders understand a concept that most adults haven't full grasped: what robots are and how they are used.

The Daisies also learn about engineers and what jobs may lie in their futures.