In order to follow this tutorial on robotics programming for beginners, you should have a basic knowledge of two things: Mathematics—we will use some trigonometric functions and vectors ...

These robotics kits represent the best of both worlds, and allow your child to learn the basic principles of engineering and programming while they play.

The idea of a graphical programming language for robotics has been done before, most memorably with the Lego Mindstorms programming interface.

To let users create additional functionality, ArcBotics is preparing programming samples and tutorials for controlling the robot's sensors and actuators.