Free Cardboard Robot Designs for Education

Do you teach coding or robotics in primary school?

Use our FREE robot designs together with BBC Micro:Bit or Arduino to get your students engaged into ROBOTICS, CODING and STEAM.

CARDBOARD ROBOTS is a set of free robot plans, apps and building techniques easy to replicate worldwide with recycled materials and basic electronic components.

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Arduino Robots

How to start building cardboard robot?
Cardboard robot design plan

Design plans

Find cardboard robot design plans in each video and project page

cardboard robot materials

Materials

You will need cardboard, scissors, nuts and bolts and rubber bands

BBC Micro:Bit microcontroller

Electronics

Use basic electronics as BBC Micro:Bit or Arduino boards and regular servo motors

Improve your classroom experience

Cardboard Robot Templates

Printable Robot Templates

Downloadable PDF file with vector-based printable designs of all our robots in A4 format.

Micro:Bit Robotics – Video course

Get a practical insight how to use BBC Micro:Bit in the classroom. Learn how to code cardboard robots with useful lesson ideas.

CardboardRobots Inventor Kit

Cardboard Robots Inventor Kit

If you need a complete kit with all the tools and electronics to build Cardboard Robots consider buying our kit 🙂

Cardboard Robots stencils cut outs

Robot Stencils

Set of reusable robot stencils to help your students build cardboard robots faster and easier.

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Educational Apps for BBC Micro:Bit

Micro:Bit Intro App


The Micro:Bit Intro is a dynamic, interactive lesson presented through an online application. This browser-based app features a slide presentation that highlights the fundamental aspects of the Micro:Bit, such as the LED display, accelerometer, compass, and beyond.

Micro:Bit Control App

Check our Micro:Bit Control App to easily drive your robot on desktop, Android and Chromebooks

Face Tracking App


Control any robot with your face. The app tracks face position, rotation and even mouth opennes that you can map to any parameter of your robot designs.