This Modular Robot Can Turn Into 50 Different Robots

Mar. 8, 2020

As we are moving towards a digital age, robots are getting more common in our lives. ClicBot is a robot that can do a whole lot of things and be a part of your family.

The main“head” of the robot includes a circular displaythat shows the reaction of the robot as you interact with it. The personality and the characteristics of the robot are designed by the award-winning animator and designer, Carlos Baena.

There is an app that connects with the robot and helps you interact with it. This app includes thetools that you can use to build and program your ClicBot. You can make itdance, crawl, follow you, serve you snacksand a whole lot more.

Apart from dancing, crawling, being a car and playing games, ClicBot can be a really fun and interactive teacher for your child. The ‘Bot features a “No-Coding Robotics” that can teach the basics of robotics without coding. Let your kid build the robot by connecting the building blocks and then by using the app, various movements can be assigned to the robot by simply recording a sequence. Now just hit the play button to make your ClicBot dance, crawl or drive.

You can also move to a higher level of coding asthe robot is programmable with drag-and-drop coding based on Google’s Blockly. As the robot has an array of sensors, you can make it do anything. Just imagine and code.

Kids can alsoaccess the ClicBot community, where ClicBot users around the world make educational videos about various unique use-cases for the robot. Apart from these features, the ClicBot can do much more and can be a genuinely useful companion for children and teenagers.

The ClicBot is currently a Kickstarter campaign with more than 660 backers. You can check it outhere. It has alreadycollected over $340,000 out of the pledged $25,000 goal. You can contribute $299 to get the Starter Kit. It will ship anywhere in the world with a shipping fee. According to the company, the robots will start shipping in June this year. The campaign will end soon, so hurry up and get yours fast.

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