Crawling Robot
Take the next step in your engineering adventures with a crawling robot you build yourself! Construct intricate mechanical legs that let your robot walk like a crab. Add a set of wiggling arms, or design your own with custom arm connectors. Then learn about the engineering behind real-life robots that walk just like yours!
Why it’s awesome
Make-it-move engineering
Use real electronic components to make mechanical motion.
Mesmerizing motion
Crab-inspired leg linkages bend and sidestep.
Create-a-critter
Add eyes, arms, or custom attachments for a unique ‘bot.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Robotics
Engineering + design
Mechanical linkages
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“Because we had such a blast prototyping different arm designs, we decided to add customizable arm connectors so users could join in the creative fun!”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
28
Links in the legs
42
Arm prototypes
1,320ft
Test distance walked
Reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Mark P
09/13/2022
Crawling Robot. Nice quality product. A real challenge to assemble. Good example of mechanics.
Jace
07/16/2022
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Linda
02/22/2022
Our grandson, age 8, was able to independently assemble the robot. The screwdriver was too small so he used the one in his sister’s eureka kit. He prefers the architectural sheet of directions over having them in a booklet. The robot worked well and entertained he family.
Vickey
01/07/2022
We got a crawling robot from someone and some instruction was missing. I emailed KiwiCo to send us a video or any online instructions. They didn’t have anything, so they sent me a whole new kit for free. It was so sweet and generous of them! My 10 year old was thrilled, and you just gained a new customer, because we will order more kits in the future. Thanks again!
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