The World’s First Insect Robot Designed for Anyone with An Inquisitive Mind
Antbo is an affordable, easy to assemble and fun to explore robot. Antbo takes less than an hour to assemble and will teach you the basic principles of robotics.
Antbo is designed for anyone with an inquisitive mind!
He is a great starting point for young inventors and people interested in STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics).
Even if you are not interested in these things, he is still a cool robot companion that you will have fun with!
Once he is assembled you can control Antbo using your smartphone, your own voice, or try “path control mode” where Antbo will follow the path you give him when you draw it on your Antbo app.
Control Antbo with your smartphone and make him do amazing things!
Compete With Friends
Antbo is programmable. He can enhances your programming mind. Use a range of programming platforms to hack Antbo and make him truly unique!
DFRobot’s own visual programming iPad app that teaches people to code with user-friendly code blocks. Upload code to Antbo via Bluetooth; no messy wires needed!
Antbo has limitless creative potential. Expanding sensor modules, role playing, and creating obstacle, puzzles and maze running games.
Paint your own patterns on Antbo’s shell and make him your own.
An educational, easy-to-assemble robot anyone can adopt. Get your Antbo today!
Lutz Michaelis, Technician, Fisherman, Truck & Bus driver, Computer Scientist, Translator, Father, Robot Engineer, Creator of Insectbot Mini & Insectbot Hexa (early prototype of Antbo).
Lutz had been dedicating himself to the maker community since 2011. Before joining DFRobot, he was a core member in Letsmakerobots and Xin Che Jian, the first hackerspace in China. In 2011 he designed Insectbot Mini and Insectbot Hexa, two beginner robotics kits that had been appreciated across the globe.
It was May 17th 2015 when Lutz didn’t wake up on that Sunday morning. But his spirit and love of robots has been inspiring us ever since. Antbo will never be real without his efforts, and the story of Insectbot will always go on. We will donate a part of the total fund raised to Lutz’s family in Germany, and we are really grateful to every little support of yours.
We are focused on delivering all pledges in a timely manner, however, as with any product that involves complex manufacturing, production delays could become an issue. We will focus on keeping our backers always informed and mitigating any potential delays.
We have an extremely experienced team that has been delivering on both physical and digital products across the globe for years. This experience will help us identify potential issues we face early and apply the appropriate recourse. Thank you for your support and we hope you love the product as much as we do.
Antbo is designed for anyone with an inquisitive mind! He is a great starting point for young inventors and people interested in STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics). Even if you are not interested in these things, he is still a cool robot companion that you will have fun with!
8.78”x4.92”x5.98” in / 223*125*152 mm
209 g
The Antbo use four AAA batteries.
Yes, once it’s below 10%, the light will flash red, and you can always check the battery status in real time inside the app.
No, Antbo is not water resistant.
Yes, you can use the Antbo app on your smart phone to control Antbo. Feel free to download it from the iTunes App Store.
15 meters without walls or barriers.
Antbo can store data on the cloud.
You can program Antbo to walk straight and turn left/right/around, etc.
You can save your codes as projects in the WhenDo app on the iPad.
The logics of many programming languages are similar, learning WhenDo with Antbo is a good start. Once you master the WhenDo language, a good foundation based on WhenDo, you can learn any other programming language with more ease.
Antbo can be navigated on almost all hard surfaces, except hairy, furry or very rocky ones.
Antbo comes with a USB cable and a screwdriver. The “double pack” comes with two modules, while the “family pack” comes with three and the “team pack”, “nest pack” come with five and ten Antbo.
By backing now, you’ll get to own one of the very first Antbo off the line. Your feedback, thoughts, and ideas will help shape the future of Antbo – and you get to be a pioneer for the future of robotics. You’ll also get access to exclusive discounts and prices – great discounts that we’ll never offer again
Sure thing! Any perk claimed during the campaign can be upgraded to a higher priced perk before the campaign ends. Instructions for doing this can be foundhere.
Antbo will be shipped worldwide. International shipping charges apply.
We will start shipping around November, the early-bird backers and distributors may receive the products before anyone else.
Any backer can get a full refund on their contribution during our campaign. Instructions for doing this can be found here.
Please contact Antbosupport@dfrobot.com, we will get back to you within 48 hours.
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