Robots for Kids
Robots for Kids
What is a Robot and why should Kids learn to program one?
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word “robot”? Is it a humanoid figure with near-human intelligence that can carry out human-like tasks? Is it an assembly machine in a production line? A space rover? And how can you help your kids learn how to program a robot if you’ve never tried it? Read on to find out!
Who likes to play with robot toys and building kits?
LEGO® robot building toys are the perfect gift for boys and girls of all ages. Even if it seems like your child doesn’t have an obvious interest in coding, their curiosity will almost certainly be sparked once they get the chance to build a robot of their own.
Nearly any hobby or interest your child loves to engage in can act as relevant entry points to robotics and programming. Whether it’s kittens, music, remote-controlled cars, science fiction gadgets, or they generally just enjoy taking things apart to find out how they work and put them back together, your child can be inspired to create a robot that reflects their unique personality and interests, with speech, songs, sounds, lights, movements and interactions.
Five Walking, Playing, Driving, Building, and Meowing Robots in one!
The LEGO® BOOST Creative Toolbox is a fun and colorful 5 in 1 robot programming toy set. From beginners to experts, kids ages 7-12 can build and program their own personal talking, interactive robot friend, Vernie, a cool M.T.R.4 (Multi-Tooled Rover 4), the hit making Guitar4000, Frankie the Cat or the AutoBuilder building line.
Keep them learning at home
For the first time ever, the award-winning LEGO® Education line is now available for home learning. These products use bricks, programming tools and supporting lesson plans to help kids develop their communication, creativity and critical thinking-skills in a fun and exciting way.
What can you build with LEGO® robots – and how?
Anything you can imagine. With LEGO® robots, your child will quickly learn how coding skills are used in robotics and how to incorporate these skills in their own robots, machines and designs. The programming software is super easy to use. Simply drag and drop intuitive icons and coding blocks to add movement, functions, timing and interactions into a chain, press ‘play’ and see what happens. That’s all it take to make your child a coding ninja in no time.If your child is not ready to start building robot chickens or dinosaurs to take over the world, they can start with the easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that come with all LEGO robots.
What’s the best LEGO® robot toy for your child?
Some of the most popular LEGO robots are LEGO BOOST for girls and boys ages 7-12 and LEGO MINDSTORMS for ages 10+. Both are sets kids can start building regardless of their skill level and they can continue building loooong into adulthood. After all, you don’t stop playing because you get older, you get old because you stop playing! So what do you get with each of these sets?
LEGO® BOOST – Beginners to Advanced
With the bright and colorful LEGO® BOOST Creative Toolbox set your child gets the bricks, elements and building instructions for five different robots: a cat, a guitar, a truck, a mini-robot maker, and a droid-like robot named Vernie. In the free programming app, you’ll find even more instructions for framework models to let your child design and build their own robot vehicles, animals, creatures and anything else they can imagine. The coding blocks in the programming app work for every model. The app also includes funny, head-scratching and playful programming challenges for 1, 2 or more participants to inspire creative thinking and problem-solving through play.
Need help with LEGO® robot toys?
Does your robot have a screw loose? Have you lost your building instructions? Do you have questions about a function, app, or element of your LEGO® BOOST or LEGO MINDSTORMS® set? Your friendly, non-robotic LEGO® customer service staff is happy to help!