Best Robot Toys for Kids. These cute robots (and Robotic Kits) move, dance, play music, and even perform simple tricks. Kids can also use the robot kits to acquire useful STEM skills. You can feed instructions (through voice, drawing patterns, etc.) to these robots, and then you can sit back and watch these junior robots carry out your orders.
Introduction to Robotic Kits
Does you child dream of building their own robot, but think that it’s impossible to make one without a laboratory?
Well not anymore! The future of robotics is already here.
As technology continues to advance, kids are looking for new and exciting gizmos that engages and challenges them more. Here are a range of gadgets and kits that will help kids to explore and experience more.
More toy companies are making robotic toys that are fun to play with and yet are interactive and provide a practical learning experience. Robotic toys simplify important technology related concepts and simplify student’s understanding skills.
These smart robot kits will help your build your own smart robots. These are easy to build as it comes with well-explained, step by step instructions. Some of these are also able to understand gestures and they come with attractive light effects and sounds.
Top companies that make Robot Toys inlcude Hanson Robotics, BLUE FROG ROBOTICS, MRT International, Modular Robotics, LEGO Group, RoboThink, Fischertechnik, Parallax, ArcBiotics, Dexter Industries, RAWrobotics.
- Lego Boost Creative Toolbox (Best Overall)
- Makeblock mBot Robot Kit (Entry-Level)
- 4M Tin Can Robot (Best Budget)
- Lego Mindstorms 51515 Robot Inventor Building Set (for older kids)
- Learning Resources Botley the Coding Robot Activity Set (for beginner coding)
- Wonder Workshop Dash Coding Robot (for coding)
- Anki Cozmo Toy Robot (advanced AI)
- Really R.A.D. Robots Mibro Remote Control Robot (for pranks)
- UBTech Jimu Robot Astrobot Series: Cosmos Kit (for young Astronauts)
Related: Check out more STEM toys
CIRO 7 in 1 Solar Robot Building Kit
This amazing 7 in 1 Solar Robot Building Kit will enable your child to build their very own Space Station, Space Rover, Explorer, Astronaut, Space Shuttle and even Space Dog.
Educational and enriching, this awesome science kit will enhance creativity and inspire you and your child’s interest in space, engineering, robots and solar energy, all whilst having an amazing time at play.
Age: 8+ years
AI Robots
Here are AI robots that comfort, entertain, teach, and can even control your smart home
Mattle’s digital nanny Aristotle is a baby monitor, nanny and teacher all in one
Mattle’s digital nanny Aristotle (AI robot) help order diapers, sing lullabies, even teach a foreign language. Its a baby monitor, nanny and teacher all in one.
Its powered by Amazon Alexa and comes equipped with a HD camera that streams live video, which allows parents to watch their children from anywhere.
Aristotle’s purpose is to help comfort, entertain, teach, and learn from you.
What Aristotle can do?
- Recognize when a baby wakes up, and soothe them with a lullaby
- Recognize and answer young kids questions after a brief voice recognition training session
- Read aloud from a selection of thousands of children’s books
- Host sing-alongs and teach ABCs and 123s. Order diapers/formula
- Optionally require kids to say “Please” when they ask Aristotle for things, to help teach manners
- Give foreign language lessons (targeted at tweens and not at young children)
Cute Kuri could be the first real home robot
Lot of companies are introducing self-driving, domestic robots (with speakers) that control your smart home. But Mayfield Robotics’ Kuri comes across as a real home robot, that allows true interaction.
Kuri, one of the cutest robots in recent times, uses lights, expressive eyes, and sounds to communicate. it’ll remind Star Wars fans of the cute BB-8 droid they’ve seen in the movie.
Kuri is a voice-controlled machine that will entertain you, besides controlling your smart home gadgets. Kuri will map the entire house and remember its layout. It knows when to dock itself to recharge its battery (However, this is no smart vacuum cleaner.)
Hubble Hugo – Anger Management Robot
The Hubble Hugo robot assistant can tell you if you’re losing your temper or are actually angry, in which case, it will play music to calm you down. If your little one is making a scrunchy face, it will inform you, and go into pacification mode with music, a fan or an audiobook. And like most other robots, it can also control your smart home.
Robocalypse: Security robot ‘drowns’ in fountain
A robot, Knightscope K5, that was ‘hired’ to patrol a Washington, DC office building rolled into a fountain and took a dip. In doing so, the robot, a Knightscope K5, ended its life, according to the Verge.
The Knightscope K5 is commonly used by the security industry to patrol locations that see foot traffic, such as malls and office parks.
The rocket-shaped robot stands about five feet tall, weighs roughly 300 lbs, but its lack of arms make it difficult for the robot to get up after it topples over, according to the Verge.
However, the Knightscope K5 features sophisticated technology and has several high-tech features, including face-recognition software, high definition video capture and infrared and ultrasonic sensors, reported The BBC.
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