Our 8 Favourite Robots From 4 – 12 Years Old

Our 8 Favourite Robots

Our 8 Favourite Robots From 4 – 12 Years Old

What allows you to develop your creativity and ingenuity from a young age? Exploring the digital world beyond screens and social media? Do you use technology actively rather than passively? Create a link between knowledge acquired in school and pleasure?

Please take advantage of the next few weeks to discover robotics as our family. Build, invent, program, design robots, intelligent systems!

Here is our favorite to discover robotics and electronics as a family.

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From 4 years old: the Cubetto robot

Cubetto is a beautiful wooden mobile robot that is an excellent introduction to robotics for young children. The robot can be programmed using plastic instruction blocks—a wooden control panel. Telling stories is a fun part, too, thanks to the fabric activity mat and storybook. Other rugs and brochures (ocean, space, Egypt; are available to discover different topics!

From 4 years old: the Cubelets

From the age of 4, children can build small modular robots. There is no on-screen programming here; the robots’ behavior will depend on how you put the cubes together to create your robot; it is unique! Each cube takes a specific function (actuator, sensor, power supply, etc.).

Cubelets can also stand programmed with Blockly Cubelets, a scratch-like visual programming interface.

From 7 years old: the Ozobot robot

Ozobot is a line tracking robot. He has an artistic temperament and is the cutest robot in our range. Apart from that, Ozobot also offers many possibilities and activities! We promise you endless hours of entertainment! Draw a circuit and incorporate color sequences to see how your robot changes its behavior.

Kids will also be able to code in Ozoblockly, a French visual programming software that comes with a 5-level learning curve (from beginner to expert).

From 7 years old: the Thymio robot

The Thymio robot has become an absolute superstar in French schools and stays packed with features: it has many sensors and actuators, it is robust, cute, Lego compatible, programmable with various programming interfaces (for all ages and levels), and surrounded by a great community that has created over the years countless activities for this little robot!

Thanks to its sensors, this small mobile robot can avoid obstacles, feel when touched, listen to us, etc. Children can program it by building an environment with which the robot can interact.

From 8 years: the Sphero robot

Sphero brand robots come in the shape of a ball that rolls very fast! Some are transparent and allow you to see the circuits that make them work; others are waterproof and can go overboard! It is also possible to tint with these robots!

What makes the Sphero robot so unique is many applications available on iPhone and Android, created by Sphero or developed by enthusiasts. The Sphero community is very active and does not hesitate to exchange ideas and lines of code. It is also effortless to work together on the same program (Sphero is primarily a programmable robot). With Sphero, working together is what matters!

Ages 10 and up Makey Makey

The Makey Makey can turn things around us into a touch of the keyboard! Plasticine, sponge, pencil lead, hands, glasses of water, cats; You can turn your stairs into a piano, your cat’s water bowl into a screenshot tool, or create a joystick out of clay. The possibilities are limitless! Model.

It’s probably the craziest invention of the moment. It will multiply your imagination while teaching you the basics of programming and electronics;  We love it!

From 10 years: the micro: bit card

This card is inexpensive (less than € 20), very small (it can stand integrated into electronic clothing projects, drones, or a small airship project), and contains many sensors. It is easy to understand why there is so much enthusiasm for this British microcomputer!

Many DIY activity ideas, shared by the micro: bit community, are available online. You can also get accessories or expansion kits to explore other topics with micro: bit! (electronics, IoT)

From 12 years: Bare conductive

Bare Conductive, a London start-up, has developed various electronic components around an original idea: conductive paint! You will be able to design your electronic circuits, repair them (without soldering), create many interactive supports, etc.!

Associated with the Touch Board (which works similarly to the Makey Makey board), electric painting allows realizing friendly, original, complex, or straightforward electronic projects.*

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