75+ Projects

Robotics & Coding Projects for Kids

Start with games on screen, then build MIEO, add the MIEO Pro kit for bigger robots and use AI to let them see and hear. Follow the learning path from your first program to robot competitions.

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11 stages, from your first game on screen to robot arms, AI and competitions. Each one builds on the one before.

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MIEO beside a laptop showing a cartoon cat sprite saying Hello

Sprite Hello

Make a sprite say hello with your name in a speech bubble

MIEO with a smiling LED face beside a laptop running a balloon catching game

Balloon Catcher

Move Roby with the arrow keys to catch falling balloons

Two-wheel MIEO beside a laptop where a cartoon fish chases the mouse pointer

Follow Mouse

A sprite that chases your mouse pointer around the stage

MIEO beside a laptop showing a hide and seek game with a character behind a bush

Hide and Seek

Click to find a character hiding behind the scenery

MIEO with both arms raised beside a laptop showing a cartoon girl dancing on stage

Dancing Girl

Switch costumes in time with music to make a dancer move

MIEO beside a laptop animating the name MIA in rainbow letters

Name Animation

Make each letter of your name spin, grow and change colour

Four-wheel MIEO rover beside a laptop running a top-down ball maze game

Ball Maze Game

Steer a ball through a maze without touching the walls

MIEO rover with its ultrasonic sensor beside a laptop playing a retro space shooter

Space Shooter

Fly a ship, fire lasers and score points against falling rocks

Two-wheel MIEO beside a laptop playing the classic snake game

Snake Game

Grow a snake by eating apples without hitting your own tail

MIEO with a smiling LED face beside a laptop showing a runner jumping between platforms

Parkour Platformer

Run and jump across platforms with gravity and scrolling

Upright MIEO showing a smiling face on its 7x5 LED display

Happy Face Display

Light up a smiling face on MIEO's display

Upright MIEO scrolling the letter A across its LED matrix

Scrolling Name Display

Scroll your name across MIEO's lights in any colour

Upright MIEO with a smiling LED face playing musical notes from its buzzer

Beep Melody

Play a short tune on MIEO's speaker, note by note

A finger touches MIEO and musical notes float up as it plays a tone

Touch-to-Beep System

Touch a pad and MIEO plays a sound

Two-wheel MIEO driving forward with motion lines behind it

Switch Motor Start

Press a button to make MIEO drive forward

A finger presses MIEO's button while its LED matrix shows a winking face

Emoji Changer

Press a button to flip through MIEO's faces

A finger touching one of MIEO's four touch pads while its display shows a heart

Touch-Controlled Display

Each touch pad shows a different face or light pattern

MIEO with a light sensor plugged in, its display glowing as a torch shines on it

Sensor-Triggered Display

MIEO's display lights up when a sensor notices something

Two children's hands passing an upright MIEO whose LED grid shows an angry face as it sounds its alarm

Hot Potato Game

Pass MIEO round until it sounds the alarm: whoever holds it is out

Two-wheel MIEO turning left as a finger touches its left touch pad

Touch Steering Robot

Steer MIEO left and right with its touch pads

Upright MIEO waving a white printed arm on a servo

Servo Waving Hand

Add an arm on a servo and make MIEO wave hello

Two-wheel MIEO spinning on the spot with curved motion arrows around it

Independent Motor Control

Drive each wheel on its own to spin, curve and turn

Two-wheel MIEO speeding along a desk with three speed arrows behind it

Motor Speed Control

Make MIEO drive slow, medium and fast

Two-wheel MIEO with an ultrasonic sensor stopping just before a wall of toy blocks

Obstacle Stopper Robot

Stop before hitting a wall using the distance sensor

MIEO with an ultrasonic sensor and a hand coming closer, sound waves between them

Echo Meter

Beep faster as your hand gets closer to MIEO

MIEO with an ultrasonic sensor showing red on its display as a toy car comes close

Distance Alert System

Show green, yellow or red as something gets closer

MIEO on the line follower chart, its display showing which sensor sees the black line

Line Sensor Response System

MIEO reacts when its line sensors see black or white

Two-wheel MIEO with an ultrasonic sensor following an open hand

IntermediateSelf-driving

Follow My Hand Robot

MIEO keeps a set distance from your hand and follows it

Two-wheel MIEO driving along a curving line of black tape

IntermediateSelf-driving

Line Follower Robot

Follow the black line on the line follower chart by itself

MIEO following a black line and stopping in front of a toy block on the track

Line Follow with Stop Detection

Follow the line and stop when something is in the way

Two-wheel MIEO stopping at the edge of a big hardback book on the floor, its LED grid showing a surprised face

Table Edge Guard

MIEO drives on a big book and backs away from every edge

Four-wheel MIEO carrying a small parcel between two marked points

IntermediateVehicles

Delivery Bot

Carry a parcel along a timed route from A to B

Four-wheel MIEO with an ultrasonic sensor turning away from a wall of toy blocks

IntermediateSelf-driving

Smart Bumper Bot

Back up and turn away whenever something blocks the way

MIEO carrying a parcel along a black line and stopping at a drop-off mark

AdvancedSelf-driving

Autonomous Delivery Robot

Follow the chart's line and stop at each drop-off point

Four-wheel MIEO singing with an open-mouthed LED face and musical notes

Music and Face Synchronization

Change MIEO's face on every note of a song

Four-wheel MIEO with a happy face on its upright LED display

Mood Bot

Happy when it's moving, sad when it gets stuck

Upright MIEO with a thinking face on its LED grid as a child's fingertip presses its button

Magic Answer Ball

Ask a question, press L, and MIEO thinks before it answers

Four-wheel MIEO dancing with a disco pattern on its LED display

IntermediateCharacter

Dancing Robot

Dance to a tune with moves, faces and light patterns

MIEO built as a Wall-E style robot with forklift arms and sensor eyes

AdvancedCharacter

Wall-E Robot

Build a Wall-E with lifting arms and expressive eyes

Upright MIEO companion robot with ultrasonic-sensor eyes and two arms

AdvancedCharacter

Cosmo Robot

A companion robot that reacts with faces, sounds and moves

Four-wheel MIEO driving across a desk while a laptop's arrow keys glow

Bluetooth Remote Drive

Drive MIEO over Bluetooth with your computer's arrow keys

Four-wheel MIEO jeep with white printed body panels on a desk

IntermediateVehicles

Bluetooth Controlled Jeep

Build a four-wheel jeep and drive it from your keyboard

Four-wheel MIEO rover beside a laptop with the W, A, S and D keys lit up

IntermediateVehicles

Gamepad Controlled Robot

Drive with W, A, S and D like a gamepad, using your keyboard

MIEO with a single servo arm raised, beside a laptop keyboard

IntermediateRobot arms

Remote Servo Arm

Raise and lower a servo arm with your keyboard

MIEO with a servo gripper arm lifting a small block

AdvancedRobot arms

Gripper Pick-and-Place Robot

Pick up a block, carry it and put it down in one sequence

MIEO forklift lifting a small box beside a black line on the floor

AdvancedRobot arms

Warehouse Picker Robot

Follow a line to a shelf, pick up a box and bring it back

MIEO gripper arm reaching for a block that its ultrasonic sensor has spotted

AdvancedRobot arms

Automated Pick-and-Place System

Grab an object automatically when the sensor sees it

MIEO with a two-servo arm and gripper, controlled from a laptop keyboard

AdvancedRobot arms

Remote-Controlled Robotic Arm

Work an arm and gripper with two servos from your keyboard

Upright MIEO with a smiling LED face beside a laptop that has heard the word HAPPY

Speech-Controlled Robot

Say a word and MIEO answers with a face and a sound

Four-wheel MIEO turning as a child says left into a laptop microphone

IntermediateSelf-driving

Voice Controlled Car

Say go, stop, left or right to steer MIEO

MIEO smiling on its LED matrix beside a laptop tracking a smiling face

Facial Expression Detection Robot

MIEO names the expression on your face

MIEO showing a happy face and spinning as a laptop camera sees a child smiling

Emotion-Responsive Robot

Smile or frown and MIEO reacts with a face, sound and move

MIEO turning towards a child's face that a laptop camera is tracking

Face-Responsive Robot

MIEO turns to face you as you move around

Four-wheel MIEO with a happy LED face beside a red cup the laptop has labelled cup

Object Recognition Robot

Show MIEO an object and it tells you what it is

MIEO raising its servo arm as a laptop camera tracks a child raising an arm

Body Movement Tracking Robot

Strike a pose and MIEO copies the move

Two-wheel MIEO driving forward while a laptop webcam tracks a raised finger

Hand Gesture-Controlled Robot

Hold up fingers to tell MIEO to go, stop or turn

MIEO steering left as a laptop camera tracks a hand moving to the left

Hand Tracking Robot

Move your hand left or right and MIEO steers to match

MIEO at the start of a trail of QR code cards leading to a treasure chest

QR Code Recognition System

Scan QR codes to give MIEO commands and clues

MIEO beside a laptop showing a chat between a child and the robot

Talking Terminal Buddy

Chat with MIEO: it listens and answers on screen

MIEO showing a sun on its display beside a laptop weather forecast

Weather Monitoring Robot

MIEO shows today's weather for your city on its display

Two-wheel MIEO with an angry face on its LED grid lunging forward beside a laptop whose webcam has spotted a person

Robot Guard Dog

MIEO sleeps until a person walks into view, then sounds the alarm

Upright MIEO with a white servo arm raised like an open gate beside a laptop whose webcam sees a smiling child

Smile to Open Gate

A servo gate on MIEO that opens only when you smile

MIEO waving beside a laptop that recognises three friends' faces by name

Face Recognition Robot

Teach MIEO your friends' faces so it greets each by name

Four-wheel MIEO facing a TURN LEFT sign that the laptop camera has read

Printed Text Recognition System

Hold up a printed word and MIEO reads and obeys it

MIEO scrolling the word DOG on its display while a laptop camera looks at a toy dog

AI Vision-Based Robot

MIEO describes what the camera sees on its display

Four-wheel MIEO driving towards a ball that a laptop camera has spotted

Object Detection and Response Robot

MIEO drives to a chosen object, or away from it

Four-wheel MIEO showing a sound wave on its LED face beside a laptop asking it a question

Voice Assistant Robot

Ask MIEO questions and it answers with words and sounds

Four-wheel MIEO speeding off as a child says fast into a laptop microphone

Voice-Activated Robotic Car

Wake MIEO with the word robot, then drive with speed words

MIEO greeting a child it can see through a webcam and hear through a microphone

AI-Powered Interactive Robot

MIEO sees your face, hears your voice and chats back

MIEO sending distance readings to a cloud chart on a laptop screen

IoT-Connected Robotics System

Send MIEO's sensor readings to the cloud and read them back

Four-wheel MIEO reacting to faces, objects and voices through a laptop webcam and microphone

AI-Based Smart Robotics System

A capstone robot that sees, hears and decides for itself

Two MIEO rovers pushing nose to nose inside a black sumo ring

AdvancedCompetition

Sumo Push Bot

Push your opponent out of the ring without leaving it

Four-wheel MIEO pushing a small ball towards a toy goal

AdvancedCompetition

Robot Soccer

Score goals by pushing a ball, driven from your keyboard

Two MIEO rovers with white wedge bumpers facing off in a hazard-striped arena

AdvancedCompetition

Battle Bot

Build a wedge bot and play a fair bump battle

Several MIEO Pro builds side by side: a rover, a gripper arm and an upright robot

AdvancedAll build groups

Multi-Configuration Robotics Platform

Rebuild one MIEO into several Pro robots with one program

Ready to Start Building?

The games only need the free app. The robot projects need a MIEO kit.