Teach Tech - Mech-5 Mechanical Coding Robot
Model: TTC-895
SKU: 6394980
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Customers regard the Mech-5 Mechanical Coding Robot as a fun and educational gift, especially for boys. They appreciate its coding capabilities but acknowledge that the assembly process can be daunting due to the complexity and numerous parts involved.
It's an amazing and fascinating mechanical device. My 9 year old son wanted to build a robot with Me. It's rated for 10+ so I knew basically I would be building it. He was able for find the pieces and snip them out. He did watch what I was doing and learned some things. I showed him how a small gear turning rapidly could cause a larger gear rotate more slowly. He also learned how it was necessary to work slowly and carefully. It took us several hours over a couple of days to build, but I could have moved faster working alone. We built the drawing robot first then took off the drawing pieces and built the soccer playing version. Works great. As I built it I wondered if at age 10 or 11 I could have built it by myself. I had learned to be careful and follow directions and those things are key.
Posted by Patel
Built with my 8 year-old and this was pretty intimidating at first (there are a LOT of pieces) but once we got into things it was a fantastic lesson in following instructions for her. Loved every minute of it and it worked just fine...a Sharpie works best for the marker drawing configuration but be careful that you have enough room for it to draw...we used the box it came in cut flat as a floor protector. Note that you'll definitely want some sort of precision cutters as scissors were difficult to use to cut the pieces out of the holders. I'll include a picture of the type we used that worked perfect although I assume linking to somewhere else to purchase them is a no-no.
Posted by DanielNS84
Bought for my daughters 11th birthday. We purchased this and a more expensive robot to keep her busy, this was, by far, the better robot. It taught her to understand the inner workings of a gear driven motor. The parts on this robot stayed together after being completed. The more expensive robot was made up of what looked like cheap imitation legos. Every time that robot started rolling pieces fell off. I would highly recommend the Mech 5 Mechanical Coding Robot. Even after the initial set up she plays with it and changes the design. The age recommendation on the box is true, this is a 10 and older project.
Posted by SassyKasy
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