For learning centers, schools, companies and venues

Build the program.Validate it through movement.

Smart Train is controlled with color snaps, Scratch or Python. The standard model is product purchase: the adopting organization designs the activity and handles day-to-day operation with its own staff.

Smart Train being used in a facilitated learning activity

Japanese resources after adoption

A practical base
for your own program.

Matrain's Japanese learning site provides photo-based operations, learning steps, printable materials and instructor resources. Organizations can adapt these to their audience, time and purpose.

  • Photo-based setup and learning steps
  • 50-minute lessons and one-off activity resources
  • Learner and instructor PDFs plus bundled files
  • Scratch, Python and app guidance
View classroom resources in Japanese
スマートトレインの学び方を案内するマトレイン学習サイトの実際の画面View classroom resources in Japanese

Check before adoption

Does the operating model
fit—not only the product?

Matrain does not currently include custom curriculum production or ongoing class operation as a standard product service.

A stronger fit

Your team can plan and operate

  • You have a clear reason to use the product
  • Your team can design the class, program or exhibit
  • Your staff can handle routine operation
  • You are considering meaningful use, often with multiple units
Outside the standard product scope

Ongoing human support is required

  • You need a full curriculum built from zero
  • You need Matrain to run every session
  • Regular visits or a maintenance contract are essential
  • You require unlimited individual operating support

Organizational adoption guide

Match the use,
operation and environment.

This does not calculate a quotation or promise outcomes. It organizes the route that matches Matrain's current product and service boundaries.

1. Intended setting
2. Operating model
3. Available environment
4. Expected quantity

Ways to use it

Evaluate the use,
not only the organization size.

A large organization is not automatically a fit, and a small one is not automatically easy. The key question is whether the buyer can own the program and operation.

1Current priority

Learning centers and education providers

Add Smart Train to an existing program, seasonal course or special workshop when your organization can design the activity and operate it with its own staff.

  • Group use with multiple units
  • Addition to an existing Scratch program
  • Curriculum planned by your team
2Classes, clubs and inquiry learning

Schools and education facilities

Choose color snaps, Scratch or Python according to the lesson purpose, experience and device environment—not only by grade.

  • Screen-free introductory activity
  • Vehicle control with Scratch
  • Python and multi-train extension
3Permanent exhibit and experience

Museums and public venues

Smart Train is used in permanent exhibits at TEPIA and RoboTerrace. A new venue should be able to handle routine operation with its own staff.

  • Permanent exhibit
  • Short hands-on experience
  • Venue-operated daily use
4Exploratory use

Corporate learning and internal activities

Teams can plan a movement together and compare the physical result. Matrain does not yet claim an established training outcome for this use.

  • Content planned by the buyer
  • Operated by the buyer's staff
  • Purpose checked before purchase

Three control routes

Choose by purpose
and environment.

Color snaps are not limited to younger children, and Python is not automatically right for every older group. Start from the activity goal.

Verified use in Japan

Names, settings
and real images.

View all use cases

From review to purchase

Gather the facts
before a sales call.

The optional 15-minute web call is for clarifying use, quantity, devices and purchasing documents. It is not curriculum production or ongoing instruction.

  1. 1
    Review the site

    Check the product, price, learning routes, device requirements and support boundaries.

  2. 2
    Share the intended use

    Tell us your organization, purpose, expected quantity, devices and region.

  3. 3
    Optional 15-minute web call

    For organizations that need it, we can clarify purchase and environment questions before an order.

  4. 4
    Purchase and documents

    The official online shop is the standard route. Contact Matrain only when your organization needs a quotation, invoice or another purchasing document.