Want to build something and experience the fun of seeing it in action immediately? Then you want the mBot in your life! Ideal for early STEM education, the mBot is a great toy that helps kids master the tricks of creative assembly and its built-in Arduino board helps them explore basic circuitry as well.
It's super easy building the mBot and learning its functions is extremely eye-opening and engaging. With three distinct modes and no need for coding expertise, the mBot is one of the most diverse robotics products available for immersing young children in experiential education. It can be made into an RC car or roam free while its sensors help it avoid walls and other obstacles. Kids can even draw lines and the mBot is smart enough to follow them with no programming necessary!
I was amazed with this product and when I got the chance to build and use it for the first time, it was very easy to figure out. Kids relish the sight of seeing something they've built in action—and I sure know it was exciting seeing what I had just assembled parading around the room and avoiding walls and obstacles!
The mBot is also compatible with Scratch through their mBlock app. This compatibility enables students to eventually add more actions when they get comfortable with the technology and have the mBot act almost independently. This useful feature also helps with teaching coding and programming at a very young age!
I wish I had an mBot to explore with when I was younger. I can say it was quite fun and exciting to use it as an adult, so I can only imagine how much children will enjoy this mobile introduction to robotics while they learn about programming! Click below to buy an mBot from the Eduporium store!
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