Robotics Kit for Kids Ages 8–12 12-16, ACEBOTT Smart Robot Car Kit with 3MP Camera, STEM Toys for Boys Compatible with Arduino & Scratch,App & Remote Control,STEM Gift for Boys, Girls,Teens and Adults

Very cool project. Good quality components (except servos)
Initial impression is lot of small parts. This will be hard for an 8 year old. 12 year old maybe. Its more in depth than the last one I bought which had very flimsy servos that easily broke. Thankfully I still have replacement ones as these are the exact same cheap servos as the last kit.Directions are pretty straight forward. Materials are good quality except the servos. Software is intuitive. You need to go to Acebott’s website to download to your laptop. Great project for those creative and mechanically inclined children and teens. Super cool idea with tons of functionality.You will need to order a single cell lipo battery sized 18650. Easy to find on amazon and very common battery for flash lights.

BEST money you will spend this year!
I hope you read this, because it will shred away any doubt. You might be thinking, “this seems like it costs a lot” and it might seem that way, that is until you realize exactly what you’re getting here. This is NOT some little plastic piece together set with a motor and battery box you simply plug in and presto, it’s over—not at all!The educational value to this set is essentially CHEAP for all that it contains! If you’ll look at the photo I included, you will see a mother board! If you have a young one in your life that has interest in the sciences (or even mathematics fields would work here, too) then THIS is a gift that will not only help them in the future, but also be one of those gifts that they will NEVER forget! Much the way kids that were into mechanics and were lucky enough to get a visible v8 model back in the day…that’s a never forget sort of gift that lasts a lifetime.When I entered my first physics class at the college level, i recall when we had to build circuits and real-life problem solve in groups. My dad had taught he most of that stuff when I was still in primary school; however, you’d be surprised maybe that none of the other students knew how to do any of it…not one of them. I got to leave class after being there perhaps 10 minutes because I did. This might be some of the BEST money you spend this year.The set is full of functions to learn and the instructions are easy to not only follow, but they also do the most important…TEACH! It can be easy to reproduce something, but to understand it fully is a different thing…this does both!I cannot say enough about it because it truly impressed me that much. I am a parent and I’ve bought solar robotics, robotic arms and even that visible v8 for my daughter; however, I REALLY wish I had this available when she was younger! I also think the age range can include more on the older side of things because not everyone has a deep love of the sciences, but everyone can improve by learning and it can be fun…like, with this set!

Bored my STEM focused nephew due to subpar instructions
I have a nephew in the middle of the reported age range of this product. He’s a bit of an engineering prodigy and has won some local STEM awards, including college scholarships, which is awesome for his age. As a practicing engineer myself, I’m very proud of him and try to encourage his advancement in this area as much as I can so picked up this kit to work on with him.We spent a couple of hours on this project, primarily him working on it with my supervision. The instructions are all online so I printed them out for him to have access. While I appreciate the design and concepts behind it all, I personally found the instructions to be a bit lacking in places, being unclear on exactly how things fit together during the mechanical construction. At this point, we haven’t gotten to programming yet but even though this type of thing is exactly up my nephew’s alley, he became bored with project relatively early on and abandoned it. The impression I got was that it was primarily due to the instructions as a couple of times, he’d put something together only to find out he had it backwards or something and need to re-assemble.I ended up finishing the mechanical assembly myself. Though I earned a degree in engineering many years ago, I found there were a couple of places myself that required some thought into how things were to be constructed. I didn’t have any big issues, but I could certainly see where someone less experienced would be frustrated with the kit.Personally, I love the design and all the things you can do with it. I just wish that for the advertised age range, things were a bit simpler to construct. Having connectors or screw holes that can only be done one way, that sort of thing. Or possibly outline some tests along the way, building things up module by module, as is good engineering practice anyway. Either that, or increase the advertised age.We haven’t worked through any of the software development yet. I’m hoping that with the graphical nature of the programming, my nephew will stay better engaged and we can still use it as a learning tool for that.I’m a little torn on scoring the stars on this one. I love the product but with it boring my nephew, who is the exact target of this product, I’ve got to take something away.