Robotics
Makeblock mBot2
The classroom classic: a coding robot for primary and secondary students, programmed with Scratch blocks or Python, with sensors for line-following and more.
- Power
- Built-in rechargeable Li-ion
- Motors
- Encoder drive motors
- Display
- Full-colour screen
- Wireless
- Wi-Fi + Bluetooth
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Highlights
- ✓Grows with the learner: Scratch blocks to Python to IoT & AI
- ✓Encoder motors for precise, repeatable motion
- ✓Wi-Fi for cloud, IoT and robot-to-robot projects
- ✓Free cross-platform mBlock software
- ✓Expandable with Makeblock add-on packs
Overview
The Makeblock mBot2 (also sold as mBot Neo) is an entry-level programmable robot for the classroom. It runs on the ESP32-based CyberPi controller — a quad-core board with a full-colour display, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth — so students progress from Scratch blocks to Python, and on to IoT and AI, all in the free mBlock software. Encoder motors give precise motion, a 4-channel RGB sensor follows lines and detects colour, and a 2nd-gen ultrasonic sensor measures distance.
Specifications
| Power | Built-in rechargeable Li-ion |
| Motors | Encoder drive motors |
| Display | Full-colour screen |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi + Bluetooth |
| Controller | CyberPi (ESP32, quad-core) |
| Line sensor | 4-channel RGB (colour detection) |
| Programming | Scratch (blocks) & Python (mBlock) |
| Distance sensor | Ultrasonic Sensor 2 |
| Recommended age | Primary–secondary (STEM) |