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Needs special batteries. Wished it would've stated that beforehand. Christmas gift child still waiting for battery delivery

This thing sucks. First it did not come with the special battery that we had to order separately. Once we finally got the battery my kid lost interest in the project. I completed the assembly myself to try and get my kid to regain interest but then we were unable to do any programming or get the thing to move. There are No instructions, you have to look everything up online. The programming instructions available online are either not existent or way too sophisticated for a child or adult who doesn’t have previous computer programming experience. They make it look simple on the videos. But it is not. They are not showing all of the steps.

A good starter robotics kit . Step by step guide (on-line) to assemble and program a robot with explanations along the way.

This review is for the ACEBOTT Bionic Biped Coding Robot Kit. I'm not new to ACEBOTT as a brand, but this was my first exposure with one of their robotic toys. This product is an amazing project to introduce yourself to programming and robotics. Putting this little guy together was an extremely rewarding experience, and then programming and coding it was even more fun. Beyond the main present actions that this comes with, you can then design your own actions. The app has been fairly easy to use so far, and I really appreciate the extra content on ACEBOTT's official website. The included masks are great, but you can even design your own masks if you are crafty. The only downside to this product is the constant reminder in the description that this product is intended for kids and teens, when many adults may have missed out on similar opportunities in their youth and could greatly benefit from something like this.

Pretty cool little robot. I wish the servos were a bit more robust, but it functions ok.

Its that time of year to select elective classes for next year. Limited slots. Does our student take a language or tech class? He tried out the beginning of an online language course already, and over break we will work together assembling and programming this kit to see how he likes it, and if he is able to learn from me rather than a teacher. This looks like a decent kit featuring laser cut acrylic parts, similar to what we can make at home with our low powered cutter. It uses 2 18650 batteries (not included) which we just stocked up on. It has no paper instructions at all. The tutorial is a 315mb .zip download with a directory structure mostly full of a few .ino(Arduino), .sb3(Scratch 3), and .pdf files with web links to the programming software which is a separate 865mb .zip download. The .pdf content is well produced in understandable English. There are also assembly videos online that are mostly fast video backed by music with a few voiceovers at critical spots. Understandable, but rapid English narration with an accent. You can create code with drag and drop code blocks similar Scratch, which then generates equivalent C (Arduino) or Python code. I think that is a great way to begin learning multiple computer languages simultaneously, as the core principles and data structures are the same, only syntax is different. I guess he will be learning a language regardless of the elective he selects. This is a kit you can actually build and learn basic programming and robotics from which will be applicable to future projects. I've built and mentored successfully in the past with much worse kits. This uses more of the tools and parts generally available to the electronics hobby as a whole, rather than being limited to a curated and closed off proprietary ecosystem such as Lego. There will be places where you get stumped and don't understand something. But the parts and tools used in this kit are mostly very popular, general, and well supported by the volunteer robotics community. The main board is slightly proprietary, but is mostly Arduino compatible with just a few simple extra helpful things onboard like battery gauge and servo drivers. Very satisfied with this kit.

The kit is reasonable on face of it. But the code and servos are not callibrated. The Acebot programming tool is half built only works with their kits so its a gimmick mostly. Then I had to order batteries and charger which they dont mention will be absolutely needed to even use it. Very little or no education value.

Il montaggio è abbastanza complesso però molto carino . Peccato la batteria non è compresa nel kit , dovrebbe essere inclusa .

Been playing with this today . You need to BUY an 18650 battery with flat top (not the button type) and a way to charge it. You'll need to get it before you assemble your robot as you need to insert it fully charged during the assembly. Next You need either a computer ,tablet or phone to go and get the instructions. I was annoyed by this because they are PDF and could EASILY have been included as a printed manual. Anyway we got down to assembling. It is fiddly with very small nuts to position. You get the rest of the machine,in pieces to make of course. The body is acrylic. Parts all look good quality and everything is made to fit without problem. Remember it has 8 legs so the assembley of each will be the same and gets a bit tedious. On assembley, there is software (downloaded with the manual). I also downloaded it seperately incase there was any difference. As yet we havent finished the build. It will take several days . Not that it is long but the particpant's interest Wained and we'll wait till he wants to get on with it again. This is something a sciency or craftsy 10 year old would enjoy. My 12 y old helper likes dismantling stuff but lacks attention so one must be on hand to give a bit of encouragement. We found the video you can watch via a link was very small and while we could understand ok, it was not really more helpful than the PDF. I think the manufacturer should include the battery and charger with the kit as it isnt inexpensive and there really should be a printed tutorial to save all the backwards and forwards when youve got it all laid out to build. Photos are 1. part assembled robot and all the parts included. 2. section of the PDF showing how the instructions are laid out (ignore keyboard thats just a bit of our computer)

Got this for my grandson he loves it

No battery included in the set.