The best robot kits: Reviews & Recommendations Looking to purchase a robotics kit but unsure where to begin? We’ve handpicked the best robot-building kits to suit a variety of skill levels.

Based on our expert interviews and our own experiences, we believe the best robotics kits for beginners challenge you to build and program a robot in an open-ended way.

We loved iRobot's coding robot, the rt1, and right now, you can get a similar model, the rt0, on sale for a huge discount—find out more.

Robot kits can help children learn to build as well as to code. Based on our testing, here are the best kits for every age and skill level.

Follow the code Because of its hardcore robotics competition lineage, the S1 offers some substantial coding features, including integration with Python and its entry-level sibling, Scratch.