Ubtech Jimu Robot Overdrive Kit
Ubtech Jimu Robot Builderbots Series: Overdrive KitThe Builderbots Series: Overdrive Kit can be assembled into Dozerbot, which sounds prefer it’s going to be a bulldozer but turns out to be a dump truck (well, it’s big enough to plow through stuff anyway), as well as Dirtbot, an excavator with a bucket out front similar to a backhoe. A total of 410 snap-together parts are used to build the robots, each of which can be equipped with two DC motors to propel the robot’s movements and two smooth-motion servo motors for all its other actions, as well as a main control box housing the robot’s processing units. With over 400 parts, things could grab complicated, of course, which is why it comes with a companion app that includes animated step-by-step 3D building instructions.The app also includes a development environment for Blockly, a visual programming language that kids can use to code the robot’s actions. Using the Javascript-like code, you can control not just the direction the robot