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Lego Mindstorms. The great thing about them is that they combine both the mechanical design aspect (why use wheels or tread? what happens if the robot is too bi
by GuiA 14y ago
Lego Mindstorms. The great thing about them is that they combine both the mechanical design aspect (why use wheels or tread? what happens if the robot is too big and isn't stable enough? etc.) with the programming side of things.
For something more "pure electronics" oriented, I also highly recommend the book Junkbots, which focuses on building small robots (that do fun things) out of household items:
http://www.amazon.com/JunkBots-Bugbots-Bots-Wheels-Technology/dp/0072226013/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337622319&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/JunkBots-Bugbots-Bots-Wheels-Technolog...
- harrylove 14y agoI'm also aware of the Lego WeDo kits. I was under the impression that Mindstorms might be a little advanced. Is that not the case?
- GuiA 14y agoNever heard of the Lego WeDo. They seem new, and pretty cool, albeit pretty limited. The nice things about the MindStorms is that they are very flexible— you can build simplistic project (a basic 4 wheel car that you can program to move around) or extremely advanced projects (people have built rubik's cube solver using mindstorms). If your 5 year old really gets into them, he'll probably use them for years.