To solve problems in education using a robot teaching material wherein the motion of the robot of a drive type using tires is monotonous though it is essential to attract schoolchildren's interest, and wherein the number of apparatuses necessary for managing handicraft classes is increased and the necessary cost of management is high because such a programming device as a personal computer is necessary for the programming of the robot teaching material.

The self-propelled robot for teaching, capable of performing humorous motions by using a plurality of emergence bodies propelling devices to move, is created. The format of a two-dimensional bar code permitting handwriting is adopted and a bar code reader is mounted in the self-propelled robot itself, so that programming is possible with the body of the self-propelled robot only without using a personal computer, etc.