Walking Robot
Build your own walking robot and experiment with mechanical motion! This robotics kit walks you through wiring up the motor and linking up the legs to get your ‘bot to walk. Then make it your own using the templates included or materials from home. You’re the robot engineer, so you get to decide!
Why it’s awesome
Make-it-move engineering
Use real electronic components to make mechanical motion.
Build and tinker
Create a custom skin for your robot and make it your own.
Explore robotics
Meet a bunch of real-life ‘bots to step into robot engineering.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Robot engineering
Engineering + design
Mechanical motion
Additional details
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“Our design was inspired by old-fashioned, wind-up table toys. But this retro robot has a bunch more stamina, thanks to its motor and cams! ”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
15
Designs tested before the final design
13
Contestants in the secret DIY competition
1
Robots that escaped during testing
Reviews
4.8
69 reviews
Customer images
Anonymous
05/13/2025
Nancy
03/12/2025
Great kit! The directions are clear and the video instruction is a really good addition to the kit. My grandson loves having a product he made himself and can play with again and again. Grandma loves that physics is integrated with play. A very fun and sturdy robot
Clair
01/04/2025
12 year old loved it and was able to build it completely solo. It’s a great little project. Only 1 downside is it seems to lean to one side & not walk too far without a little prop up, but overall it’s great.
Max
10/03/2024
My son's favorite Tinker Crate so far! Although it was tough to choose, they are all amazing!
Jacqueline
08/03/2023
Granddaughter (age 8 years) loved it! However, she said she put it together in 7 minutes.
Nina
04/01/2023
it was so easy to make it. It was so fun to build, but it was a little confusing to make, but I figured it out!
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