Robotics: Smart Machines - HoverBots
Learn about real-world balancing robots like Segways and Hoverboards!
Item #:
11000050
Price
$140.55
Details
Discover the world of robotics an exciting, interdisciplinary field combining physics, engineering, and computer science. Build and program amazing robots that balance on two wheels! You can build eight motorized robots that use a special self-balancing technology to move around. This kit gives kids a simple, fun, and customizable introduction to robotics.
The robot(s) use a combination of sensors to balance themselves. A gyroscope sensor is used to detect the angle of tilt of the vehicle. An accelerometer is a sensor that detects the acceleration, or change in speed, of the vehicle. Together, these two sensors can tell the microcontroller, the robot's brain, if the vehicle is tilting too far forward or backward and/or moving too fast forward or backward to remain balanced. Then, sensors attached to the motors, called encoders, can determine the current speed of the wheels. Using the app interface, you can program the robot(s) to move at different speeds and in different directions, and you can program them to light up in various colors and play sounds. All you have to do is code the programs you want for your robot(s) using an easy, visual programming app on your tablet or smartphone, which then connects to the robot(s) via a wireless Bluetooth connection.
Learn about real-world, balancing, robots like Segways and hoverboards. After learning how the technology works, you can design, build, and program your own robots using the kit's 227 building pieces. Explore the center of gravity with an adjustable figure balanced on top of a personal transporter model. Create a fun, balancing, dinosaur robot. Build a target practice robot and then have it try to hit its target as it moves around and stays balanced upright. Assemble a robotic waiter that can carry a cup or a soda can, balanced in its basket. Conduct physics experiments using a swinging pendulum and a balancing bird on top of the robotic base unit. Build a HoverBot that balances on two wheels and then transforms into a four-wheeled rover in one quick action.
The motors can be programmed to move at different times, different power levels, in different directions, and in response to the data from the gyroscope sensor. In the programming app, the visual programming language allows you to command the robots' lights, sounds, and motors. Requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS or Android. A full-color, 60-page step-by-step illustrated manual helps kids assemble all of the models and teaches them about robotics in a real-world application. Digital assembly instructions are also available in a separate app for Android or iOS.
Please check the app stores for compatibility and device requirements
The robot(s) use a combination of sensors to balance themselves. A gyroscope sensor is used to detect the angle of tilt of the vehicle. An accelerometer is a sensor that detects the acceleration, or change in speed, of the vehicle. Together, these two sensors can tell the microcontroller, the robot's brain, if the vehicle is tilting too far forward or backward and/or moving too fast forward or backward to remain balanced. Then, sensors attached to the motors, called encoders, can determine the current speed of the wheels. Using the app interface, you can program the robot(s) to move at different speeds and in different directions, and you can program them to light up in various colors and play sounds. All you have to do is code the programs you want for your robot(s) using an easy, visual programming app on your tablet or smartphone, which then connects to the robot(s) via a wireless Bluetooth connection.
Learn about real-world, balancing, robots like Segways and hoverboards. After learning how the technology works, you can design, build, and program your own robots using the kit's 227 building pieces. Explore the center of gravity with an adjustable figure balanced on top of a personal transporter model. Create a fun, balancing, dinosaur robot. Build a target practice robot and then have it try to hit its target as it moves around and stays balanced upright. Assemble a robotic waiter that can carry a cup or a soda can, balanced in its basket. Conduct physics experiments using a swinging pendulum and a balancing bird on top of the robotic base unit. Build a HoverBot that balances on two wheels and then transforms into a four-wheeled rover in one quick action.
The motors can be programmed to move at different times, different power levels, in different directions, and in response to the data from the gyroscope sensor. In the programming app, the visual programming language allows you to command the robots' lights, sounds, and motors. Requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS or Android. A full-color, 60-page step-by-step illustrated manual helps kids assemble all of the models and teaches them about robotics in a real-world application. Digital assembly instructions are also available in a separate app for Android or iOS.
Please check the app stores for compatibility and device requirements
Specifications
Power Requirements: (3) AA Rechargeable Battery (sold separately)
Recommended Ages: 8-14
Safety Precautions: WARNING: Choking hazard - small parts. Not for children under 3 Years!
Recommended Ages: 8-14
Safety Precautions: WARNING: Choking hazard - small parts. Not for children under 3 Years!