Makeblock mBot Ranger Transformable STEM Educational Robot Kit,a three-in-one educational robot kit for both learning programming and having fun

Very good one

I have tried to make it work , while the technology looks appealing its a pure scam and does not work at all The techical support from Mbot is useless and never answer your request Just waste of time and money that's it

My son spend two hours putting it together and then we found the motor was faulty.

Calidad y gran precio

This review is for the first version mBot Ranger, the next generation should be shipping from Amazon in August of 2016 and should be even easier but it is no reason to wait to order. I purchased three different Makeblock robot models for our three girls. This mBot Ranger is for our middle girl who is 9 years old. The first build was the tank. I let my daughter do the complete build on her own although I did tighten a couple screws when she was done. I was there the entire time to guide her and explain the instructions but she did the wrenching, had fun and it was good father daughter time. The build was easy for her but not too easy. We mistakenly put the larger wheels on the rear of the treads which made the treads too tight. Once this was fixed we downloaded the MakeBlock app on the iPhone and were ready to go, or so we thought! The app said that we needed to update firmware so I downloaded the Makeblock app on a windows laptop, connected the bot via USB and attempted the easy update but it failed. After much troubleshooting I ended up changing the MakeBlock App Board setting from mBot to Auriga and was able to update it fine. Once this happened it was off to the races, literally. The next evening my daughter disassembled the tank and built the self-balancing “Nervous Bird”. This did not take her very long and she did it without my knowledge so she had no help. She likes the “Nervous Bird” so much that she has not built the race car yet but she did help her 6 year old sister build the mBot starter without help as well. I would like to point out that this is not just a remote control toy you take out of the box and play with. These are made to build and learn from so the problems we ran into are all part of the experience. When we got stuck I combed through the forums and found the answers or just tried different things. Now that the sample builds are functional we can get into the programming in Scratch, this is where the real fun will start. If there was any fault I could point out it would be that these robots eat through AA batteries so I did order a couple 12v, 6000 mAh rechargeable Lithium battery packs for the bigger robots. This should supply more and longer lasting power! The couple of challenges we faced in this build, I believe you can quickly and easily overcome by reading this review. If you run into a problem we did not, the MakeBlock forums are a great place to find the answers. You will just have to sift through posts from people who gave up or expected this to be handed to them. Each of our girls love their robots. This is a good introduction to robotics and a great platform for learning programming and the Arduino.

The product is poorly designed, motors have barely enough room to fit, needing to fuss about trying to avoid opposite power connectors from touching each other. Product comes with minimum to no instruction. Item does not work correctly on drive mode, specially as an all terrain vehicle, as the track places strain on motor/s, causing it to limit its movement and beep after each short action. Not worth the money!

J’ai acheté ce kit mBot Ranger pour ma fille de 12 ans et nous en sommes très contents. C’est un excellent ensemble pour apprendre la robotique et le codage de manière ludique. Le fait de pouvoir construire 3 robots différents à partir des mêmes pièces rend l’expérience plus variée et encourage la créativité. Le montage est intuitif avec des pièces qui s’emboîtent bien, et les instructions sont claires. Ma fille a réussi à assembler les premiers modèles avec un peu d’aide au début, puis de plus en plus seule. L’aspect programmation (via l’application / logiciel) est un vrai plus : elle peut créer ses propres commandes, programmer des mouvements, des capteurs, etc., ce qui rend l’apprentissage concret et amusant. Points forts : Très complet pour un kit éducatif Apprentissage du codage interactif Possibilités de 3 configurations différentes Convient bien aux enfants/adolescents Points à améliorer : Certaines étapes de montage peuvent être un peu complexes sans aide, surtout au début L’application / logiciel pourrait être un peu plus fluide/intuitif pour les plus jeunes 👉 En résumé : un très bon kit de robotique pour initier les enfants au STEM (science, technologie, ingénierie, codage). Ma fille adore jouer avec et apprendre en même temps. Je recommande pour un cadeau éducatif et amusant !

Habe dieses Set meinem 7 jährigem Sohn zu Weihnachten geschenkt. Er kannte Scratch bereits aus der Schule und konnte sofort loslegen. Natürlich braucht es dabei noch Unterstützung von einem Erwachsenen, aber dieses Set hatte genau die richtige Balance aus Kniffligkeit und Möglichkeit etwas Neues zu entdecken, ohne dabei zu überfordern. Mein Sohn war absolut begeistert und hat sich lange Zeit extrem daran gefreut. Einzig das Tutorial ist nur online und nur auf Englisch verfügbar, und das scheinbar auch nicht von einem Muttersprachler geschrieben und manchmal schwer verständlich. Diese Online Inhalte werden aber ständig überarbeitet, vielleicht ist das ja auch bald noch besser. Papa und Sohn sind restlos begeistert von diesem Produkt.