They offer a variety of products for different age ranges and interests, including robot pets, coding toys, and buildable robots. WowWee Robotics is a competitor to Hexbug that creates interactive and educational toy robots. Since then, Hexbug has continued to release new robot designs and expand their product line to include playsets, STEM kits, and other interactive toys.

In 2008, Hexbug launched the Nano, a tiny robot that quickly became popular due to its realistic movements and competitive gameplay. The brand started by creating small, insect-like robots that were designed to move like real bugs. Hexbug was founded in 2007 by Innovation First International, a company that specializes in robotics and electronics. Hexbug offers a variety of products that are suitable for different age ranges and interests. The products are designed to encourage learning, exploration, and creativity through play. Any other suggestions or advice are welcome as well.Hexbug is a brand that creates robotic toys that resemble insects. If not, can you recommend something else? I'd also like to get a couple of motors that would work well with whatever motor controller I need for the hex bug to prototype with, so motor suggestions would be helpful as well. The motors are low voltage (3.5V - 5V) so I'm looking for something that will be good for these motors. The hex bug uses an ST1155A dual motor controller on-board. The part I'm not sure about is the dc motor controller. I've settled on the HC-SR04 sonar sensor as it was recommended in a forum post, so I think I have that well in hand. I'd like to hack the hex bug into an obstacle avoiding autonomous robot (the light on my kids face when I told them we were going to 'free' the robot was priceless!). After reading the docs, wiki, and forums, I think I can do this, but I would like a little guidance. I thought as an introduction a hex bug spider hack might not be too hard for me and it would really impress my kids as well.

I love the idea of pythonic robotics and I just received my board a few days ago. I'm an electronics neophyte looking for an introduction with a fairly simple robotics project for me and my kids.

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