The future can be a quite scary place at times. Companies like Facebook are planning to implant augmented reality chips in our brains (yeah, we ain’t kidding bout that), and everything’s becoming just a little too Black Mirror for our liking.
Well, almost everything at least.
Contrary to popular belief, there’s still a bit of cute and innocence left in the tech world, mostly thanks to products like UBTECH Robotics’ TankBot. Being the company’s first Jimu Robot to run on threads, this quirky little bugger looks a lot like WALL-E, even if he’s not as advanced as Disney’s animated bot.
Nevertheless, the TankBot is pretty advanced, and is actually able to respond to your commands, like picking up objects. Building it is also really easy, with the kit including parts, connectors, and servo motors that are LEGO-like, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble setting up one.
But the real fun comes with programming the TankBot to do whatever you desire. That’s done through an app, which also allows you to choose a series of pre-programmed actions, if coding on your own proves too challenging.
At the end of the day though, the TankBot is meant to help kids improve their computational thinking – it is a STEM tool after all (that’s Science, Technology, Engineering Arts, and Math for you), so there is an educational aspect to all that fun as well.
Still, getting one won’t come cheap. Right now, the TankBot will set you back a cool figure of $219, but for a taste of the future, that’s a price worth paying don’t you think?
Get yours today at major Singapore retailers like Robinsons, Courts, TANGS, Popular, or banleong.com/sg.
For more information, visit jimurobots.com.
All images taken from UBTECH.
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