Try one of these 14+ robotics projects for National Robotics Week!

Students can have a lot of fun building, testing, and personalizing robotics projects and can learn about electronics, engineering design, and circuit building at the same time. Our robotics engineering collection has great hands-on robotics projects to explore during National Robotics Week or any time!

Fourteen Plus Robotics Projects for K-12 Students. Hands-on STEM with Science Buddies. www.sciencebuddies.org

Update! For an updated collection of resources for teaching and exploring robotics with K-12 students, see Robotics Projects, Lessons, and Activities for Teachers.

Robotics Science Collection

1. Art Bot: Build a Wobbly Robot That Creates Art
2. Build a Motion-Activated Guard Robot (BlueBot Project #1)
3. Build a Speedy Light-Tracking Robot (BlueBot Project #2)
4. Build a Zippy Line-following Robot (BlueBot Project #3)
5. Build an Obstacle-Avoiding Robot (BlueBot Project #4)
6. Build a Light-Tracking Bristlebot
7. Build a Solar-Powered Bristlebot
8. Climb Every Mountain with Your Own LEGO® Cable Car
9. Design and 3D-Print Your Own Robot!
10. Eco-Friendly Squishy Robots
11. Flippy, the Dancing Robot
12. Grasping with Straws: Make a Robot Hand Using Drinking Straws
13. Racing Bristlebots: On Your Mark. Get Set. Go!
14. Robots to the Rescue! Build & Test a Search-and-Rescue Robot
15. Squishy Robots: Build an Air-Powered Soft Robotic Gripper
16. Take a Hike: Train Your Robot Dog to Walk with a Virtual Leash
17. Use the Force! Push & Pull Robots With an Invisible Force
18. Build a Simple Underwater Robot
19. Should My Robot be More or Less Squishy?
20. Squishy Robot Simulator
21. Stair Master: Build an All-Terrain Robot
22. The Frightened Grasshopper: A Solar-Powered Robot Bug
23. X Marks the Spot: Build a Robot to Protect Your Treasures

Additional Resources for K-12 Robotics Exploration

• 30-Minute Robotics Projects (a Science Buddies book)
• BlueBot: 4-in-1 Robotics Kit
• Explore the World of Robotics with This Suite of Projects
• Flippy the Robot Dances (and Falls Apart)
• Build a BlueBot Over Break
• Build a BlueBot Guard Robot
• How to Do Robotics at Home with Your Kids
• Building a Halloween Brushbot: Family Robotics
• Building a Solar-powered Bristlebot
• Exploring Circuits with ArtBots: A Classroom Success Story
• Student Robotics: A Fourth-grade Student Explores Virtual Robots with VoxCAD
• Bristlebots at the Museum

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