mBot S.T.E.M. Educational Robot - Great intro to robotics?
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- I was intrigued when I first saw the affordable mBot educational robot. But does this product deliver what a "kid's first robot" needs to actually teach them something?
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My wild guess will be that this guy is the only one in the LMG smart enough to make this robot work, and that is why he is in this video
That's actually true for the most part
*****
they may also have too much money to care about little details
+blox117 yup linus is a noob 4 anything which is not gigabit ethernet connections
Luke should be able to do it as well.
Eugene InLaw This is made for kids.... I'm pretty sure everybody can make the robot work...
WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE (Not LinusMediaGroup) You subscribers. What's wrong to see another guy? Stop being so fu overretarted. He's one of them who making this UA-cam channel togheter with Linus and Luke,as well as it is, as I notice Linus team can this with the quality of the videos.
It's probably because Taran is one of those guys you can't help but want to punch in the face. He reminds me of my senior college roomate who was in the oragami club, literally slept on the street during broad daylight and spoke japanese. I think people call them weirdos or nerds.
Negnav123 nice england
Negnav123 "overretarted"
Lol.
"overretarted".
topkek
Seeing Taran was a nice surprise. Great review and nice integration with the advertisement. Linus needs to take tips for the transition and relation to the content with the advertisement. Bring more Taran!
i'm enjoying taran way on doing review. :)
Steven Kistler I really liked taran for this video too. I think it's because it looks like he was genuinely interested in what the product was. Hopefully they get more robotics gear and he'll review it.
Steven Kistler Agree.. Taran did great. ;)
Steven Kistler I agree, Taran did a great job. Personally I like him better than Luke. Btw, what kind of name is Taran anyway? Sounds like a super villain's name.
He is on techquickie on few vids
Taran is a lot better at this then I remember in the past. Very smooth and enjoyable review.
The Lego Mindstorms are miles better than this. I had the NXT when it first came out, and you can build a bunch of stuff with the parts and just the preloaded code. The sensors also work way better. The newest version (EV3) is a lot more advanced, comes with new parts, and you can build 17 different things with the stock instructions. It's a lot more kid-friendly, too. Expensive, but 100% worth it.
***** I can see your point, but mindstorms, for me at least, is just way too expensive. Im not willing to pay over 200$ for lego
My school got lego mindstorm, FLL as a program. You may not want to pay 250 bux if so that product aint for you- you get what you pay for chalmers enjoy it atleast..
Ultimate Wafflez You dont pay for the Lego, you pay for an extremly diversly usable microcomputer that can even be programmed with C, or even object-oriented with Java.
Its waay more then "Lego", and way more then a toy.
***** I'm sitting in the FLL Asia Pacific arena right now... :D
I preferred VEX robotics. I don't mean VEX IQ, I mean VEX
Well I have to say Taran was a really cool host. He did a awesome job.
Next to Linus, Taran is the best presenter
RatioOfOne lies, just lies.
***** #TeamNickyV
RatioOfOne #teamluke
***** Luke sometimes stumble on his words.
***** Taran is awkward on camera, but is much more eloquent and is far better at reading out the script than Luke
I may get that aimbot, it looks cool
I would strongly recommend a Lego Mindstorms because the feds diversity and build and program variation. I'm speaking from experience from mentoring the little ones n programming and building with Lego Mindstorms
Dadric Riggs Which language does it use?
Navhkrin it uses a block programming interface though you can use c through third party software
RandomVideos No object oriented programming avaible?
i would try lego mindstorms instead it is far superior to the mbot and easier to use also its lego so there are no cration boundaries
Taran seems a much better host for technical stuff like robotics or videos which have an advanced nature to them. He seems pretty confident and certainly looks pretty knowledgeable
I like Taran. Let's have more of him!
This guy is the best host LTT ever had. Good clear voice, nice review and flow. Good work !
More Taran as a host, really well done video and enjoy the more technical maker gear!
I really liked the review and is really refreshing see new faces (sorta :P) and new type of stuff on the channel. I totally approve this kind or review and I can't wait to see another one like this. Great job!
I totally agree with you Taran on getting much better robotics kits. I am currently pursuing an engineering degree, and in our first year, our project design class required us to use a VEX robotics kit to address the "problem" we were given. While the VEX and LEGO mindstorms seem more "complicated"... they really aren't. We used a proprietary language meant for these robots (RobotC), which is just basically C. Super simple. I believe the mBot makes it harder for kids to learn because of the graphical interface, it just doesn't seem as intuitive. Heck, get your kid an arduino uno instead.
What a smooth speaking host. Great in-depth review Taran.
Taren did a great job withe the video, it seamed much more professional then usual
abanoub tawdrous I agree with you but come on, don't you know the difference between then and than?
33ro0 woops...
33ro0 /rolleyes
I actually thought Taran did a pretty good job lol.
Taran is one hardcore thug.
Great video!
LinusTechTips Great job hosting Taran - your review was thorough and fair, doing a good job putting the product's faults into the context of its target demographic and advertised use case. Your speech was well paced and clear too, without any superfluous intonations (Hi? Today we're going to talk about? The mBot?)
I helped my son assemble and program a new mBot that he got last week. We had none of the issues that the author of this video had with setting up or using the software to program the bot. Assembly was straightforward as well. I agree that they will run into the limits of this robot pretty quickly, but it's a good start for the $50 price. FWIW, I helped them program the three modes that the default program performed so that they could get experience with the sensors and motors.
My dad got me that mindstorm kit when I was 12 and i can wholeheartedly recommend it! I spent countless days covering my room in lego and trying out new robot ideas
Taran is great as a presenter. He uses skills other than reading from the spec sheet, puts in quality test time before a product review and gives a clear and honest opinion of the product.
Taran killed it on this review. Awesome job
Yes, teach us Professor Factass!
100% YES to more robotic videos and an absolute yes to you presenting and hosting more videos. You are animated and engaging with your speech and explanations
I think you were great. Honestly, I didn't feel the absence of Linus in this video. And that's saying a lot. Keep up the good work and hope to see you again.
I think this is the first Taran video I've seen and I'm blown away at how professional he is.
Luke and Linus are great and entertaining, but listening to this guy is like listening to someone with a Ph.D present research and that's not a bad thing.
This review was way better than we are lastly getting from Linus or Luke, in-depth enough and not rushed too much. Ads to actual content ratio kept at tolerable level, I like it.
This guy is miles better than L&L... love the non excitable tone voice and no gesticulating... thank you! more videos like this please.
Taran. You're a natural man. Come back and do more.
Taren is SO good in front of the camera when there is a script. :-)
I really dig Taran as a host! It helps a bit that I went to school for robotics, so the content was right up my alley. I'd love to see more videos with him as the host, and more robot content!
I did vex and lego robotics in highschool. It was very fun building for each competition!
I like it when people other than Linus and Luke do the videos. I mean, they are the best in front of the camera, but it's nice to have some variation on who I watch every once in a while.
Not bad this guy sure knows hownto make a
review i like it because he speaks nice and clear :) you are not bad like a host
Dude Taran, all of your videos are extremely concise and informative. I especially appreciate that you don't break the info stream constantly to make useless and cringeworthy jokes like *cough* some other hosts. Keep up the good work dude, seriously.
I would very strongly recommend the Lego Mindstorm kits if you are looking for an introduction to robotics, it has loads of modular attachments and is compatible with all lego and the software is pretty easy to use, although it is pretty expensive but durable.
I was unpleasantly surprised to see Taran, but he really killed it in this video and I definitely wouldn't mind seeing him as a host more often! I might even appreciate it. Consumer robots is a niche in which I as a viewer would be quite interested.
Taran was great at hosting. Keep up the good work, all of you :)
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It is very good for its price, basic coding and is a good startup for real robotics.
I really enjoy occasional reviews for goofy little products like this, and Taran is certainly the man for the job, I'd love to see more.
Hey LTT/Taran, nice job on switching up the hosting more - Taran you did an awesome job - more please! xD
You were very fair, and yes more videos about robots. And tell Linus to put a firepoll in the new building!
I remember when Taran first made a video on Techquickie and back then i didnt like his presentation style. but in this video hes definitely a lot more personable and shows more of his character, hes less stiff and he is more natural which makes me feel like hes more genuine. definitely a job well done. i enjoyed this video
You CAN make the lights go on and off while performing other stuff. It is just that you dont want to use wait(). Then again I am amazed at the fact that you did not seem to know what a com-port is... Also you can code without the blocks, which makes it all way easier for advanced users. Yes NXC lego robot programming is even easier, but also way more expensive. The mBot is just entry-level robotics, and will get more firmware upgrades. Keep in mind most competitors have been around for over 5-10 years.
Taran is cool I'd like to see him more in videos
Wow. Taran is really good. He should do it more often!
It wasn't until literally the end of the video that I was like "Wait a minute, he doesn't usually host..."
That's when you know he did a good job.
When I was a kid I scripted in PBasic for my line-follow and maze navigating bots - 15 years ago or so. Then I upgraded to C18 when I did the FIRST Robotics competition.
I am glad that Taran is here, the Whole of linus media group doing videos would be awesome!
I work in a school board and we been using mindstorm last 7 years and still using it. Very robust and reliable robots.
Props to the company for doing an update that damn quick.
i used LEGO mindstorm and i think it's much much much better than the mBot because you can build it in a lot of ways (some are on the official site of mindstorm others can be inventetd) apart from this mindstorm has an intuitve programming interface
Hey this was awesome having Taran doing this video! I would like to see more vidoes with him. He does a really good job presenting the videos!
I have used regular vex (not IQ) in school for tech class and it is way better. I'm not trying to be biased because I have not used the mbot but you can do almost anything with vex. It has more sensors, you can build your vex robot how ever you want, almost anything!
That was a really good review. Thanks Taran!
Taran you bossed this review, so damn professional. Also my 2 cents on this is I used the mindstorms kit in uni and programmed it using java and a lejos api, it's really fun when you are making progress and super satisfying seeing your code being executed in a physical thing moving about. However when its not going well and its down to some bug because your working with beta software built on top of alpha software or something similar it can infruariting. Also to my knowledge the mindstorms kit can't take advantage of multi threading either, ran into this problem when we were trying to localise our bot in a maze.
Taran did a better job then I expected him to. Please put him in more videos reviewing things Linus!
5 mins in. I can't take any more of Taran complaining about this robot when 90% of it is because he doesn't understand it.
No... He complained because there are actually big problems with it.
Lol you make no sense. The robot had issues
I guess I've never had a kit, but I've made custom robots, so things like that are normal to me. I guess you guys expect a consumer product that works out of the box.
Yes Adam Wilkinson , we do expect consumer products to work out of the box (if advertised to do so.)
Adam Wilkinson Of course we expected it to be ready out of the box, because it's a kids robot, it's supposed to be easy for them to setup and do whatever they want. You obviously have better knowledge in this so this seems like nothing to you, but kids are different ( and Linus Media Group employees)
Nice to see Taran on camera, especially doing stuff like this. Keep up the good work!
To all you haters asking for only Luke and Linus... I'm sure Taran loves you, so cut him some slack.
Wonderful video Taren, really enjoyed it hope to see you present some more
Taran Van Hemert: Chief LTT editor, Robotics Enthusiast, THUG WANNABE! xD
I love Taran's reviews
Honestly for a classroom setting, we used either the Picaxe chips 28x and 40X and used normal parts like motors, wires, resistors, sensors and such. If it was for only one person it would be expensive but for a whole classroom where you can re-use parts then the price would make more sense if you bought it in bulk.
when I was in 5th grade, my parents got me the original lego mindstorms kit. life was never the same.
Nice "hosting" Taran! Greetings from Argentina!
You did a good job Taren.
LinusTechTips I really enjoyed this episode with Taran! He is a wonderful host and would love to see him more often. I also would LOVE to see some more robotics reviews and content on the channel because quite frankly, there isn't really any other channel on UA-cam that I know of that does a lot of robotics stuff. By the way I am really enthusiastic about robotics because I was on my school's LEGO FLL team and have experience with NXT programming and building. We went to the regional competition for our area and was one of three teams that made it to the state competition. Also, my school's VEX robotics team made it to the National competition in Kentucky. Sorry for being so long-winded but I just wanted to let you know. Good luck guys and hope to see some more robotics stuff soon!
Taran is awesome, o/. Luke is god and Linus is... well Linus xD
I used vex in my eighth grade pre engineering class and found that it was very easy and fun to use but I do recommend it to a more experienced student/person.
The use of delay() functions in the Arduino code is what makes it so terrible. This hardware may actually be alright if you just hooked it up to the standard Arduino IDE instead of the weird drag-n-drop thing that is provided as part of the package. I get that the target demo is kids, but for literally anyone else, it would probably be better to just consider it an Arduino with some sensors and motors attached. At that point the price isn't THAT bad.
Also, very nice hosting by Taran. I hope the other companies send some units for you to review. I would like to see that.
Taran did a really good job on this video. Bravo Taran, keep them coming
You don't need multiple threads to multi-task, but I agree that is too complicated for children to work out, and likely not possible using the UI to lay things instead instead of strictly sticking to code.
Taran (sorry if I messed up spelling) awesome job! Glad to see you as a host and I would enjoy seeing it more often perhaps!!
This is literally our final year project in Elect. Engineering. Good memories.
This is the type of video you should always do Great vid!
Don't hate on arduino. Just because mBot software doesn't support using while loops and timers to do multiple things at one (essentially), doesn't mean it needs multitasking to do it.
Great video Taran you are a great reviewer on these type of in depth products!
Taran did a good job! Reminds me of computer science in high school making games with flash... Good ol' days.
I personally enjoy using the original NXT 2.0 kit, and I also tinker around with the EV3. With the NXT, I was able to take the "brick" (Brain of the robot), stick it onto a Lego helicopter of mine, add some motors and reattach propellers, and I was able to make a working Lego helicopter using simple programming. If you're okay with spending the $350 price premium of the EV3, I would strongly recommend that as its way more versatile.
nice vid Teranc could really tell how much work you put into into, I'm not really the target consumer for such a product but it was still interesting to learn about. Would be definitely curious to see what other robotics products are available for a more experienced user.
Thank you Taran. I was thinking about getting one for my son's birthday in August. I'm now getting a Raspberry PI based Robot kit from Dawn Robotics that includes wifi and a camera module. There's opencv based computer vision projects specifically for the platform so hope my son will have fun with it for a while.
very nice review Terran. pleasantly surprised with your professionalism and how comfortable you seem in front of the screen, kudos.
GJ hosting Taran and I'd like to see more robotics on the channel
good vid. i like this guy. MORE OF HIM DOING ROBOTS. can he be the offical robot guy?
owlnroo Yeah he seems very interested and knowledgeable about robotics stuff. Hopefully other companies will send one over and he'll review it.
@4:50 micro controllers dont have the ability to hyperthread, but they do how ever have interrupts. Those work fine as well. Set the led program to activate during interrupts while keeping the main code for the line following or the other way arround ;)
Holy shit Taran, didn't think you'd be this good at presenting! More please!
I can't speak for Lego Mindstorms 3.0, but 2.0 is fantastic! They have local competitions here for schools who make robots using these kits. Well worth the money!
Taran's review was much more detailed and in depth than what Linus usually does.
I would love to see more robot kit reviews. Not only for kids, but also for more adult developers.
Go Taran! :D
Please do more videos
I did one like that as a project for my class. That's not something to get fascinated with, but it would be nice to see "new" projects.
Linus, alliteration is the repetition of consonants. Assonance is the repetition of vowels. I literally just did poetry in English.
I like Taran, he seems a good fit for these more robotic videos instead of gaming or regular tech videos.
Awesome post actually looking forward for those reviews of other better bots and the host seems very informative he seems to have literally debugged all the flows and cons keep it up man *thumbs up*
Now we need a video with Dzle and B-roll as host!
I have a LEGO mindstorms 2.0, and can agree with Taran and say that it is well worth the extra money. What's even better are the third party sites like NxtPrograms, and some technical one which I forgot the name, that you can buy extra parts from including sound, touch, ultrasonic, thermal, accelerometer, gyroscopic, IR etc, not forgetting that it comes with built in Bluetooth.
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I like Teran