About Robot Lab

Activities to build a robot: first its body, then its brain. Made by the Institute of Imagination (iOi), a children's charity.

On each page

What is on an activity page

  • What you need, as a list you can tick off.
  • The steps, each with a picture. If it goes wrong says what to try.
  • Use it on your robot, and photos of what others made.
  • Ideas to try, and other activities to add to your robot.

On a tablet or laptop

How to use step by step

Press Step by step to see one thing at a time, in big writing. Press Next and Previous to move. If you stop, it remembers where you were.