At this year’s HKEF 2016, there were tons of crowd-funded and Kickstarter projects on display. Among them is Makeblock, an Open Source Arduino Robot Building Platform. With Makeblock, you can literally build anything from their mechanical kits, from robot arms to 3D printers!
It’s great for kids to learn and build their creations, and at the same time learn how to program code, all of which can be controlled and managed via an App on your mobile device.
We’re already seen the likes of Nexpaq, which we thought was pretty amazing. Let’s see what Makeblock is all about …
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About Makeblock
“Makeblock is an open-source arduino robot building platform to turn ideas into success. No matter what your ideas are, Makeblock provides various mechanical parts, electronic modules and software to make them possible, such as beams, plates, connectors, motors, brackets, sensors, drivers and controllers, etc.
We are a startup company located in Shenzhen, China. There are only ten young people in our team in 2013, now we have over 120 team members, we love our job, and are proud of our product.
We believe in the ideology of open source technology, all the products designed by Makeblock is opensource, from mechanical parts to electronic modules, all the source file are open to download.”
There was also a Codybot on display … this one can be found on their Kickstarter page. For this particular model has a “laser” gun attachment for two Codybots (or more) to battle! Robot Wars! …
Check out all the related articles below on our Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2016 coverage …
- HKEF 2016 – Exclusive Coverage of the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition)
- HKEF 2016 – SJCAM M20 Action Camera Preview
- HKEF 2016 – Intel: PC in a Stick, PC in a Keyboard and PC in a Box
- HKEF 2016 – MiniWing A380 Drone
- HKEF 2016 – Nexpaq Modular Smartphone Case
- HKEF 2016 – Zcan Scanner Mouse and JHEC Solar Power Banks
- HKEF 2016 – Oplayer Smart Wearables
- HKEF 2016 – ESWING Smart Scooter
- HKEF 2016 – WULIAN Specialists in Smart Home Devices
- HKEF 2016 – GameSir G3s Advanced Edition
- HKEF 2016 – Garmin Fenix 3 Sapphire
- HKEF 2016 – X-Skate Hoverboards and Scooters
- HKEF 2016 – Tovsto Falcon Racing Drone
- HKEF 2016 – Manli Technology Group Ltd
- HKEF 2016 – Team More Communication Platform
- HKEF 2016 – Makeblock Open Source Arduino Robot Building Platform
