Robotics Workshop with Micro:Bit Base Kit

An intuitive, state-of-the-art building and robotics kit for serious engineers and makers! Packed with hundreds of durable, reusable components, and designed for both home and school use, this comprehensive and engaging curriculum gives young learners the tools to explore the field of robotic engineering like never before.

The kit begins with instructions to build 14 simple motorized robots with sensors that can control the robots. With over one hundred snap-together, versatile building pieces, kids can also construct new robots of their own design!

Once you’ve built your robots, you’ll add code to program them and bring them to life. Robotics Workshop utilizes the award-winning micro:bit, a tiny computer that kids can program using the free web or app-based platform MakeCode. Through MakeCode, kids can begin their coding journey with easy-to-understand visual block-based coding, and then stretch themselves to learn the most relevant coding languages of the tech industry: Python and JavaScript.

A 32-page full-color manual and tons of online resources feature step-by-step illustrated building instructions and explanations for how to program and operate the robot models. 

Also needed: a tablet running iOS or Android and/or a PC with Internet access. MakeCode is free and web-based, so there are no PC system requirements.

Sensor Expansion Pack

Take your micro:bit robots to the next level with this sensor expansion pack. Build a line-following sports car with underglow and gullwing doors that open upon reaching your destination, a basketball arcade that can keep score, a transforming robot, and so much more. This pack is all about programming with color in mind: From the amazing RGB LED that adds an array of colors to any robot, to a color sensor which lets you sort objects by hue, there's a rainbow of options included. Not only that, the pack also includes two versatile infrared sensors, which can either be set to digital or analog modes. Digital infrared lets your robots make quick decisions, following lines you draw with both speed and accuracy. Analog infrared gives you the tools to sense distance and disruption, working like an automatic gate or faucet to move without needing touch input. With all these new sensors, there are more than a dozen new models to create, and infinite opportunities to create your own. Included in the pack:

Component Packs Available

Individual components from the Base Kit and Sensor Expansion are also available to purchase. Expand your Robotics Workshop toolbox and unleash your full engineering imagination!