- Robotics Smart Machines involves physics, engineering, and computer science
- This kit gives your students a simple, fun, and customizable introduction to robotics that allows them build eight motorized machines controlled by programs and an ultrasound sensor
- Students code the programs using an easy, visual programming app on a tablet or smartphone, which connects to the robot models via a wireless Bluetooth connection.
- Using the app interface, you can program the robots to behave based on the feedback coming from the ultrasound sensor
- Robots your students can build include: a humanoid robot that walks forward on two legs, a stag beetle model that moves backwards or forwards in response to an obstacle, and opens and closes its pincers, a funny crocodile model that wags its tail if no object is in sight, but then opens its giant jaws when an object approaches
- Build a dual-rotor drone model that rotates its rotor blades 90°; students can also assemble other fun robots including a robo-dog and robo-dino.
- Using an additional smartphone and tablet, students can assemble a spy-bot that roams around and streams video back to the tablet screen
- Build and program your own robots using the kit’s 230 building pieces
- Includes a full-color, 64-page step-by-step illustrated manual of all the models and teaches about robotics in the real world
- The visual programming language allows you to command the robots’ motors to move at different times, different power levels, in different directions, and in response to the data from the sensor
- Robot operation requires a tablet or smartphone (not included) running iOS (iPhone 4S or later, iPad 3 or later, iPod 5 or later) or Android (Android 4.3 or later on a device with Bluetooth 4.0 support)
- Requires three AA batteries (not included)
- Recommended for grades 5 to 9
