🤖 Unlock your child’s coding genius with VinciBot — where play meets future tech!
MatataStudio VinciBot is a programmable AI robot toy designed for kids aged 8-12, combining Scratch and Python coding with advanced STEM learning. Featuring 8 multifunctional sensors, high-precision motors, and AI capabilities like speech and gesture recognition, it offers up to 4 hours of battery life and compatibility with LEGO bricks for limitless creativity. Perfect for developing logical thinking, programming skills, and hands-on robotics experience through engaging play.
Product Dimensions | 21.5 x 18.5 x 7.5 cm; 608 g |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included) |
Manufacturer recommended age | 8 months and up |
Item model number | Vincibot |
Number of pieces | 1 |
Assembly Required | No |
Batteries Required? | No |
Batteries included? | Yes |
Material Type(s) | Plastic |
Remote Control Included? | Yes |
Radio Control Suitability | Educational purposes, coding and programming skills development, creative play, robotics competitions, and LEGO-compatible projects. |
Colour | White and Orange |
ASIN | B0CZ6Q8L4X |
M**X
Excellent product, not sure about the app
We have used and really enjoyed a previous Matatalab product (a coding robot without any app control). This is a step up from that, and is a bit fiddly to set up.Once set up, though, it is great fun to use and a good way for a confident 6 year old to start to learn the basics of Scratch.However, the app is poor, especially for kids. It asks for permission to harvest far too much unnecessary data, and the privacy policy is weak. This is a shame as it spoils an otherwise excellent product.
R**L
My lad loves his bot
This is a brilliant idea, my lad loves scratch so I knew this would be a winner, he has lots of fun with it and the more he plays with it the more the bot does, it was easy to set up and we did it all from our phone and my lad has the app on his tablet, the battery is pretty decent on it too lasting at least afew times he plays with it, for the price we paid for it I'd say it's good value for money, you definitely have to have patience at the start because you have to work with it so it does more and you can attach lego to it aswell which doesn't tell you that in the description so that was a nice surprise so you can do even more with it, it's a gift that keeps on giving because you can buy extras for it too, all in all I'd definitely recommend this to anyone thinking of buying for there little one, my lad is 8 and he gets on well with it, I helped him set it up but he doesn't need my help now he plays with it on his own
C**R
high brow toy
I received: MatataStudio Coding Robot for Kids Ages 8-12, VinciBot Programmable AI Robot Toy Kit Remote Control Electronic Programming Robot compatible Scratch Python STEM Educational Toy Back to School GiftI picked this up because my 8 year old is very into "Scratch" on the PC. He spends ages making apples move about and fill the screen or has a cartoon cat making high pitched noises.He really enjoyed getting this robot to follow a path and got excited about the idea of attaching Lego to and programming the robot.After a bit of fiddly setting up, it has proven to be quite an inspirational device.
M**B
Highly Recommended
A brilliant gift for my grandson, aged 6 years. I would highly recommend.
A**E
Doesn't last and no customer service. Very disappointed.
This was fantastic initially. Kids loved it, great introduction to coding and robots.The app however started the issues; the privacy policy never loads, so rather than creating an account we opted to remain as a guest when using it.Then the bot just stopped working. Won't connect to the app, won't work using the remote. We've tried resetting it, tried turning it off and back on, tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Nothing works.So we reached out to Matalab asking for help, and we've heard ZERO back from them. Clearly they have better things to do than actually help their customers.Oh, and the cookies they force you to accept when installing the app on a laptop or computer are suspicious to say the least, if you take the time to look at them all.I'd return it, but we are 2 weeks past the return window, so now we're stuck with a useless robot and unhappy kids. I thought this would be perfect for the long term with its options to use a remote, scratch coding, and even to use lego on it. Definitely not worth £90 for just over a month of use. Very disappointed.
J**E
A very nice and comprehensive robot.
The media could not be loaded. It is very nice that it is compatible with the Scratch program. This robot will be very useful when teaching my daughter how to code. The manual explains it very well and in great detail. It can also be controlled and programmed with a remote control. It is definitely a versatile and enjoyable toy. It is a quality and durable robot. I definitely recommend it.
D**9
Well thought out and engaging toy - for patient kids
This is pretty nifty for the young budding programmer in your life. It's pretty niche item as I can only think of one such person in my life that fits that bill - and has the requisite patience to deal with this! Not that there is anything wrong with this toy - but the nature of what it is and what it teaches is for more developed, scientific minded kids with patience.In a nutshell it works as sort of a game - you can use your smartphone for tutorials for learning coding basics and as you input correct codes you trigger the robot to move or do something (walk or follow a line on a board, display a message on its face, etc). As you go through the lessons / tasks, they get more complex. So this is building very basics at first and slowly increasing knowledge as you go in incremenets. Very clever.The problem if I can find one is that this is a such a specific toy as you have to hit that sweet spot in age, frustration tolerance and patience in whom you're buying for - so unless your child or recipient already has an interest in coding, already knows what coding is and the basics of it - I wouldn't bother with it because they will get frustrated and you won't get good value out of it.Others mentioned problems with Bluetooth - I haven't (yet) after initial tests had a problem on an iPhone running iOS 16 but I have not sat with and explored this toy extensively. So first impressions and testing are good. Just a very narrow market for this - though playing with it I'm having fun myself!
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