Avishkaar ABot, 5-in1 DIY Robotics & Coding Kit for Kids Aged 8-12, Controlled with Mobile App & Desktop Software, 50+ Parts, Learning & Educational STEM Kit, Made in India

I am always extremely fascinated with robotics and want my son to learn this technology. We together now formed a research team to start developing our robot Martin :-). We are playing together and learning together with this Avishkaar kit and really enjoying this journey. Still now I am able to give him some interest and develop our car which can move in a circle. Thank you Avishkaar for the kit and well described book let. It make it so easy to complete your first project of RC. Only thing I may request if you please addone ultra sonic sensor in basic model. Overall it's a fantabulous item. Thanks again :-)

This is one of the worst products I have purchased recently. Waste of Money.1. The motor power requirements are too heavy for 9V battery. - for any project battery will not last more than 10 minutes if you use Duracell. The Eveready and HW 9V last for 2-3 minutes only. If the battery voltage drops to 8V, then motors move vertically, and the project fails. )Already spend more than 1000 on batteries.2. Assembly of the components to make simple projects are difficult, the screw and bolts are very specific to this project and we cannot use standard tools (like - or + screwdrivers). The screws keep dropping and losing as most of the time we have to put it in very difficult gaps.3. Wifi is very unstable. It keeps disconnecting. On Android - Wifi keeps asking for a password when pressing wifi button on the remote, I was never able to connect. On iPhone - is keeps disconnecting every now and then. Very difficult to operate.4. To register Aviskar site is another tedious task. They ask you to register and send a OPT with only 10 seconds to put OPT. By the time you receive the message and are ready to put the OPT the resend OPT screen is already on.5. You will download the Aviskar maker app and then that app is again needed to register. So once you provide the username it keeps registering. " Registering Your email - Wait " and wait never ends. Only End task of that app works and you keep repeating itself.6. I thought it was an issue with my board, but then I returned and got a new board. The problem remains the same.7. No. of projects are very limited as there are not many commands you can use with this board. I suggest spending some more money and buying a raspberry pi which will give you more options.8. They only return the device. No refund is available so now I am stuck with this device which generally does not do anything.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:We wanted our son to start learning about the smart devices which can be programmed for various small functions. With robotics entering the classroom, this became an added practice on hands to learn the fundamental concepts better.Creativity:Very nice made in India product that suits the growing needs of the children who are neither small toddlers nor teenagers.

I bought it for my 6th grader daughter's science project. After assembling, the product initially didn't work when we configured using iPhone. I dialled the customer care number and they told me that I should try using Android. It worked well on Android phone.Pros1. Interesting toy to keep the kids engaged with assembling the stuff and creates futuristic outlook in them.2. Assembling the robot took some time but it was easy to look at the manual and do it.Cons1. The new battery is showing red color low level all the time.2. Wifi gets disconnected frequently. Also everytime the robot is restarted, you'll need to reconnect wifi.3. Battery drains very fast and the one you get in the package is not a rechargable one. So you'll need a number of additional batteries purchased.4. Configuration set up using iOS is too bad and confusing user experience. So consider only android.

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A really nice kit for kids to learn the basics of mechanics and programming. Good for child’s learning and development. The only thing is the price seems too steep for what you get, but overall good work!

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It's a great idea to get kids into the tech mindset. But a very Bad design and Not being kid friendly (for a 8yr old or even a 10 year old fir that matter) defeats it's utility. Below are a few points that can be worked upon.1) Look and feel - The toy is called a robotic project. So you would expect the look and feel of the components inside to be futuristic and cool. Unfortunately all the components are very cheap looking and even the assembled toys are very bad in the looks. They just don't make the kids building them feel proud of their creations. I guess this very important especially for kids who at this stage are easily attracted to colourful and fancy toys2) Wifi connectivity with the app - The operation of the toy needs us to install an app to program the motors and operate the toys. The concept of having the motor rotation controllable is very nice and actually gave my son the knowledge of wheel rotation and its effect on car movement. But the problem is wifi which keeps getting disconnected with the "brain" making the toy lame and very frustrating. We actually spent more time linking the wifi than actually controlling the car (or what it's called despite its very cheap looks as called out above)3) The nuts and bolts are very small and constantly slipping out of my son's hand. .now he is quite capable of building from kits. I do not see him struggling with the smartivity kits or Lego kits. Working these joints need adult support.The only model that actually worked was the first car robot. After that rope robo just did not move. By this time my son was very frustrated and did not even bother doing the other humanoid one or going to the further programming exercises. We decided to return it.