CONSTRUCT & CREATE Tobbie the Self-Guiding AI Robot Build Your Own DIY STEM Kit - Robotic Toy for Children from 8 Years

This was a lot of fun to put together for my son (10). he enjoyed the whole process of building something, and making it work. I've recommended it a few times to other friends, and they've been similarly impressed. It's a sturdy little unit, works better on some surfaces than others and it kept him well entertained. I think if it was for much younger kids then there's not enough variety in what it does once built to keep them entertained, but I would recommend. This was for my 10 year old son, and he found it just right in challenge and in terms of build process.

Very popular with my son - the fun of the toy is, I think, mostly in the making, but even given that it was well worth the price for the entertainment value. My son (who is 7 but very good with construction kits) was able to build this with minimal adult help in about 3-4 hours.

I'm 58 and you might think I'm a bit too old to be messing about with robot toys. Well, I've wanted a robot pet since before they were even a thing. So I thought I'd start small – and more importantly, cheap. Tobbie comes as a construction kit, like the old Airfix kits of my childhood, except you don't need glue because everything simply clicks together. The instructions are very clear, but my advice is to really pay attention, because there are some stages where you're sure you're following those instructions to the letter and maybe you get a bit cocky – then several stages down the line you find that something won't click into place. So you have to unscrew a lot of fiddly screws and backtrack until you find where you'd done something silly. I had to do that, and it turned what should have been a two hour build into one that stretched overnight (my eyes are old and I have to work in daylight these days). Anyway, everything was fixed the following day and I'm pleased with the result – although Tobbie is only just what you could describe as a robot: don't expect to be able to program it to do things; all it does is avoid obstacles or follow your using its proximity sensor. And it's very noisy on hard floors but it gets stuck on anything but the smoothest carpets. Nevertheless, as soon as it got going, I began to treat it like a living thing – albeit a very stupid living thing. So now I want a bigger, brighter one – maybe even an army of them!

My six year old saw the video and fell in love. I knew she’d need help but it actually was way too complicated and fiddly for my 8 or even 12 year to assemble without considerable help. Also one of the wire connectors came off (luckily we were able to borrow a soldering iron). Then at first it didn’t work. We checked the batteries and they seemed to be inserted correctly and were new, but it must be very particular as it wasn’t until I took them all out and reinserted them the next day in desperation as our daughter was so disappointed that it actually worked (we really thought it faulty)! Anyhow, all working now and it was a good educational family lockdown project that the kids found entertaining (once it worked!) for awhile... but we had a lot of tears along the way!

Awesome my 8year old really enjoyed building it (with a little guidance from me)

Good quality product

Bought as a santa sack gift for my 11 year old. He struggled to construct this. It was eventually built (and rebuilt) by 2 different adults. We have been unable to get this working. It's been really disappointing, as it looks great. Unable to speak to anyone regarding the item. It's little but good for its size. Instructions ok for an adult, bit my son struggled.

Bought for my 9yr old daughter. Was built with the help of her dad, I’m not sure if children would be able to build this by themselves with no help. Took around 2-3hrs and seems to all be working well! The video shows Tobbie in discovery mode where he just walks around exploring. Also has a mode where he will follow you if you put your hand in front of him and another mode where he will back away from your hand being in front of him. Daughter is so pleased with it. Is noisy but that doesn’t bother us and I can imagine it draining batteries quite quickly but haven’t used it for long enough to know how quickly! Those in the reviews where it is not working I think it’s going to be down to the build process. It’s a long process and requires a lot of accuracy and attention to detail to get it right.

El material parece endeble pero funciona correctamente. Hay que seguir los pasos meticulosamente. Lo montó mi hijo de 7 años, a ratos solo, y no iba. Lo encendidas, iniciaba movimiento y se paraba. Confundió 2 engranajes muy similares en forma y no se fijo en el color que marcaban las instrucciones. Igual que importa respetar las marcas a alienar durante el montaje.

Robot elettronico

Het motor doet het niet.

pas facile à construire problème de contact electrique

It is very brittle