Walking Robot
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
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
- 4-PS3-2: Energy
- RI.3.3: English Language Arts > Reading: Informational Texts
Why it’s awesome
Make-it-move engineering
Use real electronic components to make mechanical motion.
Build and tinker
Create a custom skin for your robot and make it your own.
Explore robotics
Meet a bunch of real-life ‘bots to step into robot engineering.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Robot engineering
Engineering + design
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