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| | | Description: | | The 3-in-1 All Terrain Robot from Elenco allows kids to build an all terrain robot and utilize different track modules to transform it into 3 variations--forklift, rover and gripper. Requires 4 AA batteries, not included. | | | Features: | |
• Build an entertaining multi-function tracked mobile robot
• Easy to understand kid friendly step-by-step instructions
• Remote wired controller
• Command the robot to move forward, backward, turn, grip and lift
• No soldering required
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 15.75 inches | | Product Width:
| 11.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.1 pounds | | Package Length:
| 16.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 12.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 18 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Robot Kit FunAug 30, 2011
By rchoppin
This robot is fun to build and goes together easily. It brought back the pleasure of assembling kits and the kit is well thought out and designed. It also has the potential to be used for constructing other robots, but that is a hacker exercise; it should not be hard to make it into a rc controlled device rather than a wired controlled robot. It would make a good parent/child project. I haven't tested its playability with my grandchild yet, but I suspect it will hold her attention for a while. The main value would be as a good project to do with a child. It requires some patience and attention to detailed instructions. It would go to five stars if it had rc control; it was a close call. I gave it a three stars for durability but it could well be more durable than that; I just haven't given a child an opportunity to test its durability.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Good Intermediate Robot - RecommendedOct 09, 2011
By iPP
This Robot is well made. Good Quality. It took us 3 hrs to assemble everything (normal pace). My Son is 6 yrs old and its difficult for him to assemble. Especially the screws and stuff. This Toy states this is for 13 yrs.
Be Careful while attaching Chains on the wheels. They are tricky and has potential to break if not careful enough.
Pros:
Good Quality Parts (Be careful when attaching the chains though)
Teaches how to assemble a Gear box with single and double motors
Teaches how to build a Remote Controller remote
Gives ideas to kids on the internals
Good Instructions
Cons:
Slow movement. I wish the motors could have been a little faster
No Lights. Its a 3-in-1 Robot, one or two red or green lights would have been cool
Some kind of sensors would have been good
Less expansion capability out of the box
No place to stick the battery for Gearbox or Arduino Nano etc (for Normal applications this might be OK)
I am giving this review 5 Stars as its me who wants to modify this to work with Arduino but, others will just use it as a Toy only without any expansion capabilities. For what it offers its a great robot educational toy for the Price and I highly recommend it.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Wrong Battery PackOct 27, 2011
By J. Coleman
"Hi-Fi Enthusiast"
Ordered this for a class project and started to assemble only to discover that the wrong battery pack was provided. The 'bot calls for a 3-wire battery pack and the one supplied only has 2 wires and a completely different connector. Hopefully the company will resolve the issue promptly, but at this point it is useless...
EDIT: I faxed the missing parts request form to OWI and they had the correct battery pack out to me very quickly. Apparently there is an entire lot of these that shipped with the wrong battery pack (including the 2nd one I purchased...).
Very fun to use and fairly easy to reconfigure to the other bots.
Upgrade from 3 to 4 stars.
8 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Great Project with my SonSep 24, 2011
By STFAM
Bought this for a project with my 10 year old. His second electronic/robot project...first was robotic arm. He was able to put most of it together himself. Like all of these kits, the instructions can be a bit challeging sometimes...mainly because tiny nuances of parts positions are shown in a picture, but not emphasized...so sometimes you end up wit the flange or screw hole facing the wrong way. If fixing a doorknob is beyond your capabilities...this kit isn't for you. If you are reasonably mechanically inclined, you'll figure it out fine. Best part was when I noticed a few days later that my son had converted robot into to a different vehicle all by himself.
Summary: A few hours of time well spent with your kid results in a robotic toy that teaches them real world examples of engineering and mechanics. Yes..it will break eventually...thats what happens to things your kids play with... but they will remember you building it with them for their entire life.
Great ProjectMay 09, 2012
By tcwolf
This product is a great introduction into building robots or for anyone that has an interest in engineering. There was no soldering involved, though the finished product itself could potentially be customized beyond what it was originally intended for (wireless remote could be added, additional battery packs, etc).
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