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It's a trade-off between features/usability and price. I'm sure this one has its niche. It's much cheaper than a Lego Mindstorms kit, and probably easier for k
by edtechdev 12y ago
It's a trade-off between features/usability and price. I'm sure this one has its niche. It's much cheaper than a Lego Mindstorms kit, and probably easier for kids to use since they have the android and ipad interfaces.
But there is an ultra low cost (~$10) robot kit in the works (trade-off of course being less features/usability), but it's not available yet: https://sites.google.com/site/affordableeducationrobot/home https://sites.google.com/site/affordableeducationrobot/home
At $99 is the Pi-Bot http://pi-bot.org/ http://pi-bot.org/
$50 Hack-E-Bot http://www.hack-e-bot.com/ http://www.hack-e-bot.com/
$100-$150 littleBits http://littlebits.cc/ http://littlebits.cc/
$99-$250 Finch & Hummingbird http://www.birdbraintechnologies.com/ http://www.birdbraintechnologies.com/
$250 Arduino Robot http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Robot http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Robot
$100-$150 Parrot Minidrones http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/minidrones/ http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/minidrones/
and many others