SolarBots: 8-in-1 Solar Robot STEM Experiment Kit

The Thames & Kosmos SolarBots: 8-in-1 Solar Robot STEM Experiment Kit is one of the best STEM building sets I have purchased. Not only can kids (and adults) follow the easy to read and understand building instructions, but they can learn about how solar power works, so they have a better understanding. These are fun solarbots to build and watch as they work in the bright sunlight or under a higher wattage light bulb. The only negative thing I can say about this kit is that you can only build one solarbot at a time, and then it has to be deconstructed to build the next and the next. I would like a kit where ALL of the solarbots can be built at the same time, so disassembly isn't necessary. Excellent for kids and adults, or kids and adults working side-by-side.

I bought his for my grandson and he loves it!

I bought this for my son and he likes it. He enjoys being able to construct the different devices. Very importantly, it had all the pieces - none was missing, as happens with similar STEM sets of Chinese origin. One important note, though, is that it works only in direct sunlight. Any shade or cloud cover renders the machines motionless. Nonetheless, it is a good training set for introduction to basic robotics for this age group.

Got this as a present for my son last Christmas and it is the only present that he still uses almost a year later. So many different options to build and can be built over and over

This has sat in the box for a week because my son doesn't want to bother punching out the 100+ plastic pieces from the four mold frames and I don't blame him. They are very difficult and painful to punch out. It will probably take me an hour to punch them all out. Super annoying, would not have bought if I realized this. Can't yet report on how well the kit works. We'll see if we even get there.

My son was suppose to help my husband put it together but my Husband did it all pretty much, but my son liked it and was playing with non stop

Did not work - my husband (an engineer) bought these as a fun project to do with our kids. They put 2 of the bots together, carefully following instructions, and they did not work. Also, comes with a ton of tiny parts and was not as easy as we thought it would be.

My grandson enjoyed building and playing with these bots.

It’s a good toy but just for a short time. Interesting just to make it. But worse it’s money

Excelente producto, muy interesante

Es solo un robot con piezas cambiables. El problema es que cundo la pieza principal no funciona. Ningún robot funciona. El motor principal viene muy frágil. Se rompió Al primer intento de ensamble. No lo recomiendo