It is the second robot built by our son. We corrected just a few steps. The robot is very stable, it grabs big light blocks, it is fun to program movements. The company may consider adding some programmable sounds as DASH and DOT have. Or maybe it has sounds already, we just have not played with them yet. Our 7 yo ADHD son was busy and happy a few days building it, we had quiet weekend :) We could definitely help other customers who want this toy built for them :) our son has more fun building it than programming it.
Nice, mi kid just love it, he's seven and with just little help he was able to assembly and play!
My granddaughter loved it but had trouble syncing it eith her phone.
my 10 year old loves building these, what an amazing product
My son liked it very much. Perfect for kids interested in robots.
Feature Product
- Introducing buildable, codable Robots from UBTECH Robotics
- Learn to use Blockly coding to program your robot to navigate obstacles, pick-up objects, control light and sound effects, add personality and more.
- Test your skills with new Blockly coding challenges
- Create entirely new, custom actions with the PRP (pose, record, play) function.
- No tools required - our 3D, 360° animated building instructions walk you through the steps.
- Includes 387 snap-together parts, 1 infrared sensor, 1 speaker, 2 LEDs, and 5 smooth motion robotic servo motors. Power adapter and quick start guide also included.
- Free app! Works with both Android and Apple Smart devices. A compatible iOS or Android device is required.
- JIMU Robot is the award-winning interactive robotic building block system for ages 8 and up. Awards include Tillywig 2018 Brain Child Award, CES 2017 Innovation Awards honoree, Time to Play Magazine 2016 holiday most wanted list, and IFA awards 2015 best of show.
Description
Zoom into space with the latest Astrobot series: Cosmos kit. This kit has all the parts to build three different robots: Astrobot, Rover, or Astron or invent your own galactic JIMU Robot creation. To start the fun download the free JIMU app that has step by step, 3D, 360° animated building instructions. The fun is extended with the blocky coding platform, allowing kids to build and code these robots to perform countless programs and tricks!
Really good robot! my son love it!!
I really want this product, please read my email I don’t know why it sent as a return. I’m sure it will be an awesome robot :)
I have been so excited to get this Jimu Robot Astrobot Kit. I am 60. And a woman. But the thought of building my own robot and learning to code at the same time is intriguing to me. You can build either of the 3 robots that have plans included, or build your own. You will need to download the Jimu app for smartphones or tablets. The three robots you can choose from are Astrobot, which runs on treads and has a sensor for picking up objects and sports LED flashing lights to express emotions. There is also a speaker to play music or program sound effects for each of the robots. In the package, you get 5 Robotic Servo Motors, 1 infrared sensor, 1 speaker, 2 16-color LED lights, 371 snap together parts and connectors, 1 main control box, 1 quick charging Lithium-Ion battery, 1 recharging power adapter, free Jimu app and a quick start guide. This kit is all over STEM. I have several learn to code apps, but I think I learn better from the start to finish experience. I need to see and touch what I am creating.
My son has wanted a programmable robot for years, and I've always said no for the simple fact that I want him to actually learn to code before he does it. So he's been active on Scratch, for years, but has been more of a mix-and-match hacker than an actual programmer. At ten years old, I think he's finally ready, and Astrobot is the result.
There are a LOT of tech toys promising STEM skills out there. It's all the rage, and frankly it's a little disingenuous as to what some of the toy companies classify as an actual STEM toy. But make no mistake, Astrobot is the real deal. He has several outputs, including movement (via his tank-like treads), picking things up (via his pincer arms), LED lights for eyes, an infrared sensor (to keep him from bumping into stuff), and even a voice module so he can speak! You can build three different robots: the aforementioned Astrobot, Rover (a wheeled vehicle with eyes), and Astron (a walking robot).
Of the three forms, Astron seems the weakest. His legs are better made for walking sideways like a crab (or dancing, which he is pre-programmed to do). When he moves forward he waddles like a penguin. One thing of note that is hilariously obvious if you watch the video: Astrobot is a weakling. Note the careful way Astrobot's human hands him...a box made of light card stock! Don't expect Astrobot to bring you your coffee in the morning.
All three forms are programmed using the object-oriented Blockly coding language, which is a lot like the coding language used on MIT's Scratch. My son is also at this point a LEGO Master Builder, capable of pretty much building anything that has instructions. The app works on both iOS devices and Android devices. My son has an iPod as well as a Kindle, but the larger screen works better for coding purposes so we went with Android.
This is a fun robot, but at a $200 price point I have my doubts about its replayability. While you could rebuild Astrobot into Astron, that doesn't seem worth the effort, and Rover is basically just a remote-controlled car that you can get far cheaper. Astrobot is what you're really buying, so the bot's value will depend on whether or not you think a robot who can lift paperclips is worth the investment.
BACKGROUND: We're a pretty high-tech home, filled with college-aged and high school students. My eldest son used to spend hours building with Lego Mindstorms NXT when he was a young teen. My youngest teen, a boy, was my primary tester for this Lego Mindstorm competitor.
I'm including a video of the first robot we built, which is one of the three out-of-the-box designs this kit provides. I thought it was a good sign tonight when, after I recorded a one-minute video of this first robot, my son asked if he could dismantle this first robot so he could build one of the other two robot designs. To me, that means this robotic kit is pretty good, good enough to pull my video gaming son away from his computer screen for a few hours.
WHAT WE LIKED:
- Overall, this was a pretty intuitive kit (and I was always a poor model-builder when I was a kid)
- The iOS app we used on my iPhone was great because it allowed for zooming and viewing how to attach pieces together from any angle
- The fact that this HAS an iOS app was great, instead of hard-to-read diagrams
- The pieces fit together nicely, firmly, with a pleasant, confirming snap sound
- The precision of the servo motors is really good, allowing for fine-motor movements by the robot
- If you or your child is familiar with Scratch programming language, the programming language for this robot is very similar
- Uses built-in, rechargeable batteries (Lego Mindstorm NXT used to eat AA batteries like they were candy)
- Bluetooth connectivity worked well
WHAT COULD BE BETTER:
- The identifiers for many of the parts is not particularly clear, especially for the servo motors but also the other pieces, too
- I wish that the colorful packages that the parts came in were made of small plastic boxes, rather than cardboard boxes that allow the smaller parts to fall out of the box too easily
- I found some of the computer programming tasks to be baffling and poorly described
- Although this is advertised for ages 8 and up, it seems like it's better geared for children maybe 10 or 12 years and up
CONCLUSION: This is a good way to get introduced to robotics, either for your child or....for you!
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