You don't need to be a mad scientist to make a robot anymore. Make-A-Pede, a startup created by brothers Cole and Jude Brauer, designs and sells robot kits for kids. "Make-A-Pede is an educational ...

KinderLab Robotics has launched a new robot building and programming platform called Kibo that's designed for youngsters from 4 years and up. After customizing and personalizing a two-wheeled base ...

While Lego Boost is great for younger kids, preteens and teens will appreciate the power and versatility of the company's Mindstorm EV3. The community support for Mindstorms is tremendous, because it ...

STEM-based schoolwork is a key part of your kid’s curriculum, but encouraging genuine enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, and math that extends the classroom requires more than a good ...

Toys that teach kids to code are as hot in 2017 as Cabbage Patch Kids were in 1983, and for good reason. For today's generation of children, learning how to program is even more important than ...

The kit is based on the Kria SOM (system-on-module) that's available in industrial and commercial versions (Fig. 2). The SOM is built around a AMD's Zynq UltraScale+. The module adds power management ...

DigiKey, the global distributor, has announced that it is collaborating with SparkFun to bring Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP) kits to the next generation of engineers, developers and innovators.

National Instruments has a neat Robotic Starting Kit that runs LabView. This is a second look at the kit by Technology Editor Bill Wong. The Single Board RIO platform lacks built-in WiFi but LabView ...

Fancy making your own robot crab? Then check out the KicCrab Walker Robot Crab Kit. The Kit comes with everything you need to make your own robot crab, including 3 servos, the KicChip processor, LEDs, ...