We develop fun low-cost robotics kits for educational and enthusiast applications, with no prior experience required. Our kits feature: custom 3D-printed components, programmable microcontrollers, and a variety of sensors, motors, activities and the software to operate them. These kits work together with our instructional lessons to provide a fun and friendly introduction to the world of robotics, electronics, and programming! Designed to minimize hassle and maximize playful learning, we invite everyone to join us in imagining what is possible to achieve with accessible and powerful robotics and electronics of today!
About Our Products:
ROBOTNG kits are built to feel at home in classrooms, workshops, hobby shops, on computer desks, bookshelves and tabletops. The accompanying instructional lessons teach the fundamentals of using microcontrollers (like the famous Arduino) to power many kinds of electronic components and sensors. Instruction is also provided on how to write software in programming languages like python and C++ to operate all sensors and components as desired. Our robotics kits are ready-made examples of how these components can be used for fun, but they are also designed to inspire your own creativity and give you the fundamental building blocks to empower you on the path toward more complex projects of your own design!
The People:
The co-founders of ROBOTNG, Tolson Winters and Ben Beck, both met while completing physics degrees at Dalhousie University, in Nova Scotia, Canada. We boast professional backgrounds in academic curriculum development, laboratory research, public presentation, science communication, and software development. In these roles, we have learned not only the power and utility of inexpensive electronics and modern programming languages, but also their remarkable accessibility for beginners.
ROBOTNG is dedicated to enthusiastically sharing what we learn. We wish to inspire technologists of the future to explore the power of their creativity; to solve problems and create joy. Robots have been the first ambassadors from Earth to populate our solar system, and beyond! We hope we can be ambassadors for you, the next generation, whose robots will go ... somewhere ... or do ... something ... that even we can’t imagine yet!
Fun fact: plastic comes from ancient organic matter, so technically your RoboBuddy™
is part dinosaur.
Volume
Products may contain joy, curiosity, and mild robot obsession.
HexLab™ Holiday Line — Technical Details
One ecosystem: HexLink™ brains, RoboBuddy™ motion, BuddyBundle™ kits.
Built for Thonny + MicroPython (ESP8266) and Arduino® IDE with clear pins,
sturdy mechanics, and classroom-safe builds.
Magnets, breadboard, jumpers, LED + 220 Ω, USB cable
BoboBuddy™ — Tech Specs
BuddyBundle™ — John 5ilver (Premium)
HexLink™ — Tech Specs
MicroPython — LED Blink (HexLink D5 / GPIO14)
from machine import Pin
import time
led = Pin(14, Pin.OUT) # D5
while True:
led.value(1)
time.sleep(0.5)
led.value(0)
time.sleep(0.5)
HexLink™ is the labeled, magnetic ESP8266 board that anchors the whole ecosystem.
Features
WeMos D1 mini (ESP8266) with Wi-Fi®
Silkscreened pin labels for fast wiring
Magnetic base + compact breadboard
MicroPython (Thonny) and Arduino® IDE support
Colorways: Signature + Minted Green / Candy Red / John 5ilver
Pin Reference
D4 → GPIO2 (onboard LED, active–low)
D5 → GPIO14, D6 → GPIO12, D7 → GPIO13
A0 → analog input (≤ 3.2 V)
5 V / 3V3 rails; common GND
HexLink™ — Labeled controller
HexLink™ — John 5ilver (Premium)
MicroPython — Onboard LED (D4 / GPIO2)
from machine import Pin
import time
led = Pin(2, Pin.OUT) # D4 onboard
while True:
led.value(0) # ON (active-low)
time.sleep(0.5)
led.value(1) # OFF
time.sleep(0.5)
RoboBuddy™ is the expressive animatronic chassis that makes code feel alive.
