Compare mBot Series STEAM Robots vs Marty The Robot V2

Andrea Canesi, Teacher: mBot 1.0: ideal to teach coding, but also electronics and physics. It's higly expandable, you can create your sensor and use it within the robot. It's based on Arduino, it's easy to find a lot of expansions that can be built by the students. mBot Ranger: It can be used in an open environment, is robust and can be expanded as mBot 1.0. mBot 2.0: less expandable, but more precise due to the change of motors. It has a lot of sensors on board, can be connected to a wifi network and can send to and receive data from other robots or the network

Tom, Teacher: It is expandable and almost limitless in its application. It’s accessible at all levels through the primary school.

Louise Thompson, Principal Teacher: It was fantastic.

Mr N Gray, Computing Coordinator: It is an excellent resource which is very motivating and provides lots of opportunities to further children's understanding in computing. I only gave it an 8 because we didn't get to try all the extra add on bits which provide more functionality and provide more opportunities - I wonder if it has longevity past the initial excitement without these. Also to really maximize its use, it needs to be incorporated into the lessons we already deliver as part of computing and it isn't a straight forward fit.