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product_id: 28898572
title: "Makeblock mBot Ranger 3 in 1 Robotics for Kids Age 8-12, Coding Robot for Arduino Scratch Learning with Coding Box, 16 Coding Projects STEM Science Kit, Robot Toys Gift for Kids Ages 10+"
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# Supports Scratch & Arduino coding apps 3-in-1 transformable robot modes Me Auriga mainboard with 7+ sensors Makeblock mBot Ranger 3 in 1 Robotics for Kids Age 8-12, Coding Robot for Arduino Scratch Learning with Coding Box, 16 Coding Projects STEM Science Kit, Robot Toys Gift for Kids Ages 10+

**Brand:** makeblock
**Price:** € 351.42
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Build, Code, Conquer: The Ultimate 3-in-1 STEM Robot Experience!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Makeblock mBot Ranger 3 in 1 Robotics for Kids Age 8-12, Coding Robot for Arduino Scratch Learning with Coding Box, 16 Coding Projects STEM Science Kit, Robot Toys Gift for Kids Ages 10+ by makeblock
- **How much does it cost?** € 351.42 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- makeblock enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted makeblock brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **All-Terrain Durability:** Robust metal frame and powerful motors conquer indoor floors and rugged outdoor tracks alike.
- • **Pro-Level Coding Made Easy:** Master Arduino and Scratch programming with guided lessons on the intuitive mBlock5 app — from beginner to coding whiz.
- • **Sensor-Packed for Smart Play:** Equipped with ultrasonic, gyroscope, line-tracking, light, temperature sensors plus RGB LEDs and buzzer for interactive projects.
- • **Triple Robot Modes, Triple the Fun:** Transform between Land Raider tank, Nervous Bird self-balancer, and Dashing Raptor racer for endless STEM play.
- • **STEM Gift That Builds Skills & Bonds:** Perfect for kids 8-12 to develop creativity, logic, and problem-solving — ideal for family learning moments and future innovators.

## Overview

The Makeblock mBot Ranger is a versatile 3-in-1 robotics kit designed for kids aged 8-12, combining hands-on building with advanced coding via Arduino and Scratch. Featuring a durable metal chassis, multiple sensors, and programmable modules, it offers 16 STEM projects that enhance creativity, logical thinking, and engineering skills. Compatible with the Makeblock app, it supports progressive learning from beginner to expert, making it a perfect educational gift that encourages family bonding and real-world problem solving.

## Description

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Review: An awesome intro to robots for a 9 year old girl and her dad! - This review is for the first version mBot Ranger, the next generation should be shipping from desertcart in August of 2016 and should be even easier but it is no reason to wait to order. I purchased three different Makeblock robot models for our three girls. This mBot Ranger is for our middle girl who is 9 years old. The first build was the tank. I let my daughter do the complete build on her own although I did tighten a couple screws when she was done. I was there the entire time to guide her and explain the instructions but she did the wrenching, had fun and it was good father daughter time. The build was easy for her but not too easy. We mistakenly put the larger wheels on the rear of the treads which made the treads too tight. Once this was fixed we downloaded the MakeBlock app on the iPhone and were ready to go, or so we thought! The app said that we needed to update firmware so I downloaded the Makeblock app on a windows laptop, connected the bot via USB and attempted the easy update but it failed. After much troubleshooting I ended up changing the MakeBlock App Board setting from mBot to Auriga and was able to update it fine. Once this happened it was off to the races, literally. The next evening my daughter disassembled the tank and built the self-balancing “Nervous Bird”. This did not take her very long and she did it without my knowledge so she had no help. She likes the “Nervous Bird” so much that she has not built the race car yet but she did help her 6 year old sister build the mBot starter without help as well. I would like to point out that this is not just a remote control toy you take out of the box and play with. These are made to build and learn from so the problems we ran into are all part of the experience. When we got stuck I combed through the forums and found the answers or just tried different things. Now that the sample builds are functional we can get into the programming in Scratch, this is where the real fun will start. If there was any fault I could point out it would be that these robots eat through AA batteries so I did order a couple 12v, 6000 mAh rechargeable Lithium battery packs for the bigger robots. This should supply more and longer lasting power! The couple of challenges we faced in this build, I believe you can quickly and easily overcome by reading this review. If you run into a problem we did not, the MakeBlock forums are a great place to find the answers. You will just have to sift through posts from people who gave up or expected this to be handed to them. Each of our girls love their robots. This is a good introduction to robotics and a great platform for learning programming and the Arduino.
Review: Great product - Grandson loved it

## Features

- 3 in 1 Advanced-level mBot Robot Kit: Ranger 3 in1 robot toys provide 3 robot shapes in one set. Land Raider is a robot tank that can play in all terrains. Nervous Bird is a self-balancing robot that can tremble to keep itself balanced. And Dashing Raptor is a racing car with three wheels. Kids can use Makeblock App to control this robotics kit.
- Improve Skills by Making STEM Projects: Robotics integrated with engineering and coding for kids 8-12. By building and programming this robotics kit, kids can learn robotics & programming knowledge and improve their hand-eye coordination, imagination, creativity, logical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Easy to Build & Program: Building will be easier with clear instructions. Children and parents can easily assemble this robotics kit and enjoy a joyful family time. Support Scratch and Arduino programming languages, kids will get professional guidance through mBlock5 Programming App and learn to program from beginner to expert when playing with robot toys.
- Playing in All Terrains: Sturdy metal parts enables a long-lasting lifetime. Powerful engines and extraordinary grip tracks make this robotics kit suitable for any terrain. You can play with these robot toys indoors or outdoors, on ruddy terrain or on smooth floors. Even racing with your friends using this robot kit. Different robot shapes bring endless fun.
- More Modules Bring More Fun: Equipped with Me Auriga mainboard, this robotics kit includes various modules, such as ultrasonic sensor, line-tracking sensor, 2 light sensors, gyroscope sensor, 12 RGB LED, buzzer, temperature sensor, Bluetooth module. With these modules, robotics programming can be much more interesting. Please note that this robot kit needs 6pcs AA batteries or lithium batteries (NOT INCLUDED).
- Perfect Gift for Kids: Robot toys is suitable for all occasions. This robotics kit is a perfect learning & educational robotics kit for teenagers or robot lovers. And also an adorable gift for boys and girls on birthdays, Children's Day, Christmas, Halloween, STEM activities, STEM projects, summer camp, back to school, and home fun times.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B01DY3OTHO |
| Age Range Description | Kid |
| Battery Description | 6 AA |
| Best Sellers Rank | #64,278 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #650 in Educational Science Kits |
| Brand Name | Makeblock |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 767 Reviews |
| Educational Objective | Coding, Thinking, DIY, Building Programmable Robot |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 06928819504400 |
| Included Components | 180 encoder motor(2), 62T Wheel Without Step(4), 62T Wheel(2), 90T Tyre(2), 90T Wheel(2), Battery Holder(1), Beam0824-112(2), Beam0824-48(1), Bracket 3X3(1), Bracket U1(1), Brass Stud M4x30+6(1), Copper Bush 4X8X4mm(8), Me Auriga(1), Plastic Spacer 4X7X10(4), Plate 135º(2), Plate T-type(1), Plate0324(2), Track(2), Universal Wheel(1), plate for battery Holder(1) |
| Item Dimensions | 8.6 x 6.5 x 4.72 inches |
| Item Height | 12 centimeters |
| Item Type Name | Robot For Kids |
| Item Weight | 1600 Grams |
| Manufacturer | Makeblock |
| Manufacturer Maximum Age (MONTHS) | 480.0 |
| Manufacturer Minimum Age (MONTHS) | 120.00 |
| Manufacturer Warranty Description | 90 day warranty against manufacturer defects |
| Size | Large |
| Theme | Christmas, Construction, Easter, Halloween |
| UPC | 712073012551 193122000079 793631897711 767520331075 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |

## Images

![Makeblock mBot Ranger 3 in 1 Robotics for Kids Age 8-12, Coding Robot for Arduino Scratch Learning with Coding Box, 16 Coding Projects STEM Science Kit, Robot Toys Gift for Kids Ages 10+ - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81jml6NTvbL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: How to replace all batteries for Ranger?**
A: Hi,
Here is the building video for your reference. If you need more instruction, please visit https://support.makeblock.com/hc/en-us/sections/360001778374-mBot-Ranger or email us to service@makeblock.com.

**Q: The description says it can be controlled by remote. Does the remote come with the kit or do we need to purchase another item?**
A: Hi Mamma C.
Actually the remote control means App controller, you can install the Makeblock app to your cellphone to control the robot.
If you want to control it by Controller, you can refers to this Bluetooth controller.
https://www.amazon.com/Makablock-Screen-Free-Wireless-Bluetooth-Controller/dp/B07F7QHHV4?m=A2I0DT8TRUL79X&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&qid=1540435654&redirect=true&sr=1-8&ref=sr_1_8
It is not packed in the kit, you need to buy it separately.
Thanks.

**Q: Does this come with an arduino ready to go?**
A: Hi Jacob,This comes with an Auriga board which is based on the Arduino UnoB  The Auriga board is ready to be programmed.Hope that helps.

**Q: Anyone able to compare this in any way to the Lego Boost?  Both are essentially the same price, so is it a coin flip?**
A: I think this one hands down is better quality.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An awesome intro to robots for a 9 year old girl and her dad!
*by I***A on July 21, 2016*

This review is for the first version mBot Ranger, the next generation should be shipping from Amazon in August of 2016 and should be even easier but it is no reason to wait to order. I purchased three different Makeblock robot models for our three girls. This mBot Ranger is for our middle girl who is 9 years old. The first build was the tank. I let my daughter do the complete build on her own although I did tighten a couple screws when she was done. I was there the entire time to guide her and explain the instructions but she did the wrenching, had fun and it was good father daughter time. The build was easy for her but not too easy. We mistakenly put the larger wheels on the rear of the treads which made the treads too tight. Once this was fixed we downloaded the MakeBlock app on the iPhone and were ready to go, or so we thought! The app said that we needed to update firmware so I downloaded the Makeblock app on a windows laptop, connected the bot via USB and attempted the easy update but it failed. After much troubleshooting I ended up changing the MakeBlock App Board setting from mBot to Auriga and was able to update it fine. Once this happened it was off to the races, literally. The next evening my daughter disassembled the tank and built the self-balancing “Nervous Bird”. This did not take her very long and she did it without my knowledge so she had no help. She likes the “Nervous Bird” so much that she has not built the race car yet but she did help her 6 year old sister build the mBot starter without help as well. I would like to point out that this is not just a remote control toy you take out of the box and play with. These are made to build and learn from so the problems we ran into are all part of the experience. When we got stuck I combed through the forums and found the answers or just tried different things. Now that the sample builds are functional we can get into the programming in Scratch, this is where the real fun will start. If there was any fault I could point out it would be that these robots eat through AA batteries so I did order a couple 12v, 6000 mAh rechargeable Lithium battery packs for the bigger robots. This should supply more and longer lasting power! The couple of challenges we faced in this build, I believe you can quickly and easily overcome by reading this review. If you run into a problem we did not, the MakeBlock forums are a great place to find the answers. You will just have to sift through posts from people who gave up or expected this to be handed to them. Each of our girls love their robots. This is a good introduction to robotics and a great platform for learning programming and the Arduino.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great product
*by L***Y on January 2, 2026*

Grandson loved it

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 years old is not the new 10...
*by H***S on March 16, 2023*

Everyday... you see a 23-month-old baby playing a full drum kit, a 3 yr-old plowing fields in a straight line, a 4 yr-old jumping double bumps on a motocross track. So I figure... 5 is the new 10 right? That prompted me to buy my grandson a MakeBlock mBot all-terrain tank for his 5th birthday. The picture on Amazon made it look like it was 8 pre-assembled pieces that snap together but... it did need to be controlled via Bluetooth from a cellphone which gave me reason to pause... then I remembered I had an old iPhone 8 that can still be used for BT and Internet that I could donate. Fast forward to today... After cake and 45 minutes of torture making him wait to open presents, we finally cut him loose. A few minutes later, he opens the mBot... the picture on the box held his attention for almost 10 seconds but... there were more presents to open! So, after more presents, chocolate cake, and fighting to keep his little sister from touching the loot, we had to ask him to breath into to paper sack for about 5 minutes. Later on, he finally regained consciousness and swiftly zeroed in on cracking the stupidly elegant, ridiculously posh packaging that the mBot came in... which I probably paid $15 for and he certainly didn't appreciate… low and behold, and much to my chagrin... there are over 130 nuts, bolts, screws, high precision-machined (blue anodized) aluminum parts, electronic sensors, and actuators that need to be assembled. Fortunately, the stink-eye I received from my son-in-law was not fatal... Forty five minutes into the tank build on Saturday, my poor son-in-law has a vein popping out of his forehead... This is because his 'adult' siblings, each with babies of their own, are throwing assorted sized blankets, couch pillows, and partially assembled Lego dinosaur appendages at him while he is trying to read instructions and assemble the 130, or so, micro-machined parts into the larger eight subassemblies that eventually snap together... I tried to help but... everything I assembled had to be significantly re-worked... in my defense, the font in the instruction pamphlet was quite small... Eventually, with no verbal support or physiological encouragement from the immediate family, my son-in-law had assembled, to spec, the mBot Ranger Programmable Radio Controlled Ankle Biter... Time for installing the software where, I thought, I could finally contribute... I delegated the iPhone conversion to kid-account process to my daughter, I found the kid-friendly (must be 18 years or older) Arduino OS download on Youtube, and discovered the EEPROM needed to be updated with the specific robot configuration we had selected... Apparently this kit had two other assembly options - a semi-bipedal headless chicken or a 3-wheeled BMW Isetta motorcar. Nonetheless, this required a USB port which, after locking the doors, confiscating and inspecting all cell phones, we realized, we had no equipment which would support this interface. It was then that I had to explain to my devastated 5 year-old grandson that I had, in fact, given him the gift of a real-life experience... a decision where one has to choose between dedicating their life to being a Linux open-source kernel developer or waiting for the next Mac OS software upgrade that supports his new toy out-of-the-box... While he contemplated his future, Grams and I exit stage left between the tears and mommy-hugs. On my way out I promise prompt technical support after he submits the appropriate service tickets...

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