• Walking Robot

    1. Grades 3-5
    2. Grades 6-8

    $27.954.8

    Build your own walking robot and experiment with mechanical motion! This robotics kit walks you through wiring up the motor and linking up the legs to get your ‘bot to walk. Then make it your own using the templates included or materials from home. You’re the robot engineer, so you get to decide!

    Academic Standards

    1. 4-PS3-2: Energy
    2. RI.3.3: English Language Arts > Reading: Informational Texts

    Why it’s awesome

    1. Make-it-move engineering

      Use real electronic components to make mechanical motion.

    2. Build and tinker

      Create a custom skin for your robot and make it your own.

    3. Explore robotics

      Meet a bunch of real-life ‘bots to step into robot engineering.

    What’s included?

    • motor

    • body piece

    • sticky foam sheet

    • 4 bolts

    • 4 plastic rods

    • sticker sheet

    • 2 paper arms

    • 2 paper links

    • 4 paper sheets

    • body panel

    • 2 leg pieces

    • battery pack

    • carbon zinc AA battery

    • wood dowel

    • 3 brads

    • 2 plastic cranks

    • 8 foam gears

    • illustrated instruction sheet

    • Tinker Zine

    Topics explored

    1. Robot engineering

    2. Engineering + design

    3. Mechanical motion

    Additional details

    From the desk of the product designer:

    Behind the design

    “Our design was inspired by old-fashioned, wind-up table toys. But this retro robot has a bunch more stamina, thanks to its motor and cams! ”

    - KiwiCo Product Designer

    By the numbers

    15

    Designs tested before the final design

    13

    Contestants in the secret DIY competition

    1

    Robots that escaped during testing

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