We’ve picked 5 of the best kids robots similar to Cozmo out on the market right now to suit a range of prices. Cozmo is a great robot. Fortunately, there are many awesome robots on the market that are affordable and just as fun as.
What are STEM Robots?
STEM robots are robots that use hands-on education based tasks, processors, and challenges in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to develop children’s skills.
Below are our top pics for robots like Cozmo.
Robobloq Robot Building Kit
Meet Qoopers (pronounced Coopers), made from a 
Transformable into 6 different style robots and an expressive digital face to go with it. This building kit comes with multiple high tech sensors to detect obstacles. The tools for building this robot are included in the kit.
Control this robot’s movements and facial expressions all through the Robobloq app. All hardware and software are completely customizable.
Coding is a breeze with drag and drop system. Easy to operate and ideal to beginner programmers to learn the coding language, this is one of the reasons we added to our beginner programmable robots post.
Ultra diverse for a robot kit, the building opportunities are endless. Ages 8+
Wonder Workshop Dash Robot
Dash’s main job is to help teach kids coding. There are hundreds of coding projects available. Dash can be used for games too and is very popular in schools all over the country.
Code Dash using the Wonder and Blockly apps. These apps feature challenge tutorials that teach your child how to programme Dash.
His bright lights and quirky sounds make for fun when programming, you can even record your own voice onto him too. Ages 6+
Sphero SPRK+ STEAM Educational Robot
Sphero SPRK+ STEAM Educational Robot is not just for learning programming. This bubble-bot is super adventurous and even waterproof. Definitely a tough like Cozmo with UV coated and scratch-resistant casing.
Once this guy gets rolling the fun begins. LED lights keep this robot lit up. Control him on his own or add him to other objects for hands-on fun.
Very popular as an educational toy and functional robot. This robot has been very popular in STEM education and is recommended by a large number of teachers to teach young people the fundamentals of programming and robotics. Great for older children, that’s why its on our coding gifts for tweens list. Ages 8+
Sphero R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid
Sphero R2-D2 Droid makes it easy to roam the galaxy. This robot moves just like R2-D2 from the popular Star Wars movies, complete with LED lights and sound.
R2-D2 can explore holographic vehicles such as the Millennium Falcon, Han Solo’s spaceship. There are many things from the Star Wars universe waiting to be explored.
R2-D2 uses the Sphero Edu App to learn to programme him and complete tasks. There are 3 different ways to code and instruct him using STEM activities.
A great educational robot that uses the force. Ages 8+
LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox Building and Coding Kit
LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox Building and Coding Kit brings the building components of LEGO and the fun of robots together. It’s easy to see why this robot won the Toy of the Year Award for 2018.
This building kit comes with 5 different robots to build. However, you can add more LEGO blocks and design your own unique robot.
There are several different sensors for motion, distance, and even color. Coding is easy and runs off a phone, tablet or kindle. Ages 7+
