Wonder Workshop Dash Robot – Coding Toy for Kids

Wonder Workshop Dash Robot - Coding Toy for Kids

Wonder Workshop Dash Robot – Coding Toy for Kids


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Our mission

We want to give children all over the world the joy of programming. In our everyday life, we constantly rely on things that would not work without programmed content. Who in the 21st century to be successful, therefore must know how to program. The sooner the better. And since playing is simply an ingenious method of learning, Dash and Dot robotics and programming become a breeze.



Dimensions: 18.21 x 16.99 x 16.1 cm; 700 Grams
Model: DA03
Material: Plastic
Colour: Blue
Pack Quantity: 1
Batteries Required: Yes
Batteries Included: Yes
Age: 5 – 12 years
Assembly: No
Dimensions: 18.21 x 16.99 x 16.1 cm; 700 Grams
Material: Plastic
Quantity: 1

37 Responses

  1. Venetta2222 says:

     Australia

    My son putting LEGO blocks on it and created fighting robo

  2. Anonymous says:

     United States

    I got this for my 5yr old son for his birthday, and wow! It’s so cool it moves and interacts with you. There are apps to download for games and other controls with the little guy. I’m impressed

  3. Anonymous says:

     United States

    Very fun and cool robot with tons to teach, you can buy seemingly endless amounts of attachments for it to do so many different things so the possibilities are only as limited as your wallet.

  4. RoxannaEssex says:

     United Kingdom

    My 6 year old nephew loves this, loads of programs and commands to try, full suite of sensors, lights and sounds. Ranges from basic controls to sophisticated coding. Very impressed.

  5. Anonymous says:

     Germany

    Sehr gute und schnelle Lieferung, ein Langzeit test steht aber noch aus da es ein weihnachtsgeschenk ist, fr meinen Sohn also abwarten,
    Wirklich toll ,aber leider haben wir festgestellt das die App nicht auf jeden Gert funktioniert, wir haben aber das Glck gehabt das wir die alten tablet noch nicht entsorgt haben, und konnten dann da alle ausprobieren und es klappte,

    Warum die app nicht auf jeden tablet funktioniert wissen wir auch nicht,
    Am System lag es nicht, alle tablets hatten die Voraussetzung gehabt

    Ansonsten sehr empfehlenswert, Tipps an zuknftige Kufer, probieren Sie die Apps auf verschiedene Gerte aus, irgendeins geht dann auf ein mal

    Deswegen ein Stern Abzug

  6. Anonymous says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 4 From Our UsersMy daughter received this as her 10th birthday present. She is really into VEX robotics through her school. She works with other elementary kids to build a robot, do the coding, and then compete in tournaments with it (think battle bots but with working with your other team not against). Anyway, She has always struggled with the coding aspect of this. The Dash Apps have made coding easy for her to understand and has made it so that she will be able to help with it this year.

  7. DessieO13sx says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 22 From Our UsersI really like this little bot. It is ready to interact and explore the environment the minute you unpack it. It definitely has a personality. The programing apps are very instructive and easy to learn/use.

    I also have a clicbot. Dash is much less expensive than the clicbot, but not as expandable. That is fine with me. I have placed them in close proximity to each other, and their interaction can be very interesting.

    My only issue is the seizures the Dashbot has. I have contacted the manufacturer, but no reply yet.

  8. WillaQuiros says:

     United Kingdom

    from simple to complex coding learning puzzles. My 8yr Girl loves it, so do I. So glad we got this, it’s robust and incredibly sophisticated for the money. wow!

  9. Anonymous says:

     Canada

    Golden Review Award: 4 From Our UsersFive stars! I don’t write many reviews but I had to for this one! My 8 year old is super into this and I’m loving it as much as he is! He is learning the programming/coding concepts, through “challenges” in a game format. It’s nice and sturdy and heavy with a strong motor, and some programmed behavior right out of the box. On the first day he showed me how he was programming dash to play “Marco Polo” and to be a disco ball! I’ve also had fun learning how to write programs for Dash. I would recommend to kids and adults alike!!

  10. Anonymous says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 48 From Our UsersI got this for my grand daughter and it arrived today. On unboxing it I was surprised that a 150 dollar gadget does not have a User Manual or a Quick Start Guide. How do you guys expect us to know what to do with the Dash Robot and how to use it. Can the vendor please clarify how should I go about using this Robot. Or am I missing something. I am veteran retired software product manager and if I cannot figure out how to use it how do you expect a normal non tech person to use it. Will appreciate if someone contacts me from the vendor side immediately.

    Update: Customer Support from Wonder Workshop reached out to me promptly and explained how I should use and set up the Dash Robot. I was also able to find and watch their well made Video Tutorials 1 to 4 on You Tube that works well for first time users to understand how to unbox, set up and use Dash. Wish they had published links to these Tutorials on the box so it would have been simple for me to set it up for first time use. Thanks anyway, the Dash Robot is working great as a marvellous toy gadget providing for some unending excitement of creative fun for both me and my granddaughter 5 years old. We have been having some real good fun learning times with it.

    Watch the Video Tutorials before unboxing

  11. Law whalebone says:

     India

    Golden Review Award: 2 From Our UsersGet this for your child. but you should see compatibility of your phone before buying the product. the soft wares needed to be downloaded on to the phone to get this robot going. Try to download the software, if it downloads, its compatible. Sounds silly but that’s what it actually is. I got a Samsung Note 9, Galaxy S8+ and a Samsung Tab A. Only Tab A works. Dash soft wares are really educative and fun to play with. This is the first level of programming which your child is getting into.

  12. Anonymous says:

     Spai

    Encantados con Dash y a pesar de los ‘peros’ que explicar a continuacion, le doy 4*.
    El primero que nos lleg estaba defectuoso ya que no cargaba. Funcionaba al estar conectado a la corriente pero al desconectarlo se apagaba. Fue todo un chasco ya que era un regalo de reyes para mi hijo de 6 aos… contact con atencion al cliente de Wonder explicando el caso y me contestaron al dia siguiente pero con una respuesta que nada tenia que ver… y ya no he tenido ms noticias de ellos. Asi que punto negativo a su atencion al cliente.

    Por otra parte, genial la gestion de Amazon que nos entregaron otro al dia siguiente de reclamar el cambio 😉

    Aunque es una tonteria, me da la sensacion que a nivel de packaging han ido a menos. La caja no es la que aparece en los videos, es una mucho ms sencilla y he echado de menos un manual de primeros pasos. De documentacion solo viene la garantia que es de 1 ao, extensible a 2 si se registra el producto (o esto me pareci leer en su web) tengo pendiente hacerlo.

    Considero que es muy buen rgalo para un nio de 6 aos, muy buena manera de introducirlos en robotica en forma de juego. Tienen robot adems para aos porque con las apps y los adaptadores para Lego se pueden hacer mil cosas. Imaginacin al poder!
    Espero un poco a ver el uso que le dar para ampliar la familia con Dot, aunque de momento con Dash tiene mas que suficiente.

  13. Amanda RD-The Nutritionist Reviews says:

     Spai

    Golden Review Award: 4 From Our UsersHola buen da, me gustara dejar con comentario sobre el robot el cual he adquirido porque tengo curiosidad sobre los avances de la tecnologa y porque me gusta la programacin.

    El robot es fcil de usar en sus diferentes modalidades y aplicaciones, es un robot que muestra como aprender a programar a los nios y por lo mismo no lo encuentro muy desafiante para un adulto como yo. Sin embargo, estoy satisfecho con el desempeo del pequeo robot Dash.

    Adems de ser un interesante robot, su diseo me pareci muy atractivo y pinta bastante bien para tenerlo como parte de la decoracin en mi piso.

    Al inicio he olvidado actualizar el robot y en consecuencia me dio un poco de problemas al comenzar a utilizarle, pero unos minutos despus todo ha andado a la perfeccin.

    Realmente recomiendo el Robot Dash para aquellos amantes de los robots.

  14. Anonymous says:

     France

    Nous en avons achet un pour notre fille de 9 ans pour son anniversaire. J’ai choisi Dash pour mon enfant aprs avoir examin diffrents types de robots et je suis trs heureux de ma dcision. Les robots eux-mmes sont fabriqus avec les pices de haute gamme et sont trs robustes. Les mises jour prennent un certain temps, donc je vous recommande de faire tout cela un jour ou deux avant si vous envisagez de donner Dash en cadeau. Dash ne parle que l’anglais en ce moment, mais a marche pour notre fille. Je recommande de commencer avec Scroll Quest dans l’application Wonder. Il y a aussi une application Blockly qui a une interface trs similaire Scratch que votre enfant a pu utiliser auparavant l’cole.

    Ma fille aime crer des labyrinthes dans le salon ou envoyer le robot dans la cuisine en demandant des biscuits. C’est vraiment l’un de ses jouets prfrs en ce moment! Mme si Dash est amusant jouer en tant que tel, pour les enfants plus gs je recommanderais d’acheter les accessoires pour profiter de toutes ses possibilits.

  15. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Bought this for my youngest sons eight birthday and have had a lot of fun with it.
    Highly recommended for kids that wants to learn some “simple” visual block programming.

  16. Anonymous says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 14 From Our UsersWe picked this up for my kiddo when she got to the point of being able to read well. Before we had the basic programing mouse and she loved it. When she saw this it’s all she wanted. So after she learned to read well (for a 6 year old) we picked this up as a reward. Let’s start by saying, I love this thing. Seriously a really fun way to learn the concept of programing and logic. But my kid loves it too. I still help her out some with it, but overall she can do a lot with this. I do enjoy the 2 major ways to use this, a guided ‘learning’ path and a sandbox ‘free-for-all’ path. My daughter loves the guided path as it gives a small story and questline to follow. This robot can do a lot, way more then what I thought it could/would do. The possiblities are endless with this thing. We’re looking at some attachments for this eventually. Overall very happy and HIGHLY recommend this to anyone with a child who’s mechanically/scientificly/mathmatically inclined. Dash will provide countless hours of entertainment for them.

  17. SusannaJEZ says:

     United Kingdom

    My 6 year old loves Dash, he often grabs dash and his fire tablet and is greatly amused every time. Really positive toy that brings many a smile, loads of fun and a great learning experience.

  18. StepHerli2 says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 58 From Our UsersAbsolutely amazing toy. The shear number of movements and traits this thing can do are way more than i expected for the price. It is actually a really complex robot. The programming interface though is truly what sets it apart. This is not a basic toy. The level of complex logic and programmable sequences that you can do with this robot are really vast. It also is very well suited for kids in that they are exploring computer programming without even knowing that this is what they are doing. This was important for my daughter because she has developed this attitude to “coding” that she does not want to do it and I have had trouble overcoming this. With Dash she was fully engaged, wanting to control and create specific behaviours of the robot and this desire drove her to master the programming interface quickly and continue to add layer upon layer of complexity to her routines. After only a few days she had created some very complex routines with +50 steps including branching logic and decision making. I was super impressed and i told her “hey you realize you can program a computer?!?” and she was like “really? oh so programming is fun!” Thank you Wonder Workshop!

  19. MeriditHoyle says:

     United Kingdom

    We gave our nine year old Grandson this Dash Robot for his birthday in December, he loves it, lots of play value.

  20. HeribertoWing says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 2 From Our UsersSon loves this robot. Works really well with the Wonder apps and offers lots of opportunities to learn about coding. Dash can do a lot more than his previous MIP robot and can provide endless hours of fun. Build quality is excellent. Bit pricey, but grab a bargain if you see it on offer! Would definitely recommend.

  21. NamMHEuanhp says:

     United Kingdom

    grandson loves it.ready to use straight out of the box

  22. PrestonDoerr says:

     United Kingdom

    Really pleased with this bot, excellent for learning rules when programming commands.

  23. Anonymous says:

     France

    Golden Review Award: 3 From Our UsersTout un succs ds la sortie de son emballage! Nul besoin de charger ou d’assembler le robot Dash, c’est dj fait! Trouvez-lui une petite rampe et le voil parti! Les yeux de mon petit de 7 ans qui clbrait son anniversaire taient remplis de joie.
    Dash est contrl l’aide d’applis qui sont colores et trs claires. Nous utilisons en anglais avec du tlphone. Le but ultime du jeu avec le robot est de programmer ce que vous apprendrez au sujet des jeux dans l’appli, et ce une tape la fois.
    Nous avons aussi achet la catapulte qui peut tre attache la tte du robot. Elle est contrle par le mouvement de la tte. Le fait qu’on puisse recharger les balles selon un mouvement rotatif spontan est tout fait gnial!
    Dans l’ensemble, le robot est vraiment mignon et mon fils l’adore. Son frre s’amuse galement avec le robot. L’an s’occupe de la programmation et le cadet peut alors jouer. Les robots et les applis ont fait forte impression.

  24. Chris Wedel says:

     France

    Golden Review Award: 11 From Our UsersAprs avoir pass en revue diffrents types de robots pour enfants, j’ai choisi Dash & Dot pour mes enfants (11 et 8 ans) et j’en suis super contente. Tout de suite elles ont ador la forme et sons et lumires mimis et trs attachants. Mme avant de commencer programmer Dash, il a suivi des bruits avec sa tte et mes enfants l’a trait comme un chien ador! Mes enfants ont eu quelques autres robots auparavant mais Dash a dfinitivement offert le plus d’heures de divertissement.

    Je n’avais pas de tablette mais j’ai utilis un Samsung G6 sans soucis (il faut regarder la compatibilit avant de commander). Les applis sont disponibles sur Android donc playstore. L’volution de la conception et du fonctionnement de ces jouets m’impressionne – assez simple a naviguer pour enfants – un bon interface ou ils peuvent cre leurs propres sons avec au moins 8 enregistrements possibles en plus des autres sons. Un peu d’anglais au dbut mais aprs c’est vraiment intuitif! Elles ont dj jou des heures avec.

    Quand les filles ont commenc jouer avec Dash, elles ont dit : Wow, c’est trop cool! La construction est trs solide et les applications iOS ractives, elles ont pu faire toutes sortes de choses avec ce jouet. Maintenant les filles veulent acheter des accessoires Dash pour faire plus de challenges.

    Heureusement les enfants sont plus adeptes que nous maintenant comme la seul choses qui manquait pour moi tait un lien instruction pour adultes – elles ont navigu tout seules!

  25. Anonymous says:

     France

    Golden Review Award: 3 From Our UsersJe cherchais un cadeau qui soit la fois stimulant et amusant pour ma fille de 9 ans lorsque je suis tombe sur un blog au sujet de Dash.
    Ce robot semble solide il se dplace trs vite et parat trs puissant.
    Les applications sont tres bien faites et permettent de programmer facilement des situations de plus en.plus complexes. Ma fille s amuse beaucoup avec les sons et lumieres du robot, et aime beaucoup les jeux proposs dans les applications
    Elle aime programmer des parcours de courte distance. Le robot est robuste (Dash a dj survcu quelques petits accidents) et les applis offrent toute une gamme de jeux et de possibilits d’apprentissage. Parfois, ma fille a besoin d’un peu d’aide, mais dans l’ensemble, elle peut se dbrouiller seule en consultant l’aide et les conseils offerts partir des applis. Je suis plutt curieuse de voir pendant combien de temps son enthousiasme pour la programmation durera!

  26. Anonymous says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 530 From Our Users(Bought this for a 5 year old) Absolutely OUTSTANDING product. As both a creative lead and tech developer, my personal standards for these types of devices is quite high and this little thing has not only met every expectation and promise, but exceeded them. In a world flooded with mediocre (or outright horrible) iterations of educational scientific / tech / STEM toys, it is incredibly satisfying to land on a product so well designed and constructed in every aspect of its envelope. MAJOR props to the teams behind the Dash. I cannot recommend it enough, both my 5 year old and myself find the device challenging and fun to use; a very difficult thing to accomplish.

    PROS:
    – Slick product design and very solid / sturdy construction.
    – Powerful, smooth and responsive motors, will not get stuck on simple objects in its path and can truck over changes in terrain such (rugs clothing) with little effort. It can also avoid obstacles. Motors have a very smooth motion.
    – Great battery life, and quick charging. I have not tested the full discharge, but you can easily get over an hour’s worth of play-time out a partial charge (probably more).
    – Nearly infinite configurability. I am simply blown away by the number of pre-defined nodes you can pull up and program into the system, as well as the simplicity of adding your own. the result is a ridiculously vast ability to configure different programs and interactions.
    – FANTASTIC companion application, BRILLIANT UX/UI. I cannot overstate how incredibly well designed and implemented the robot and application are. The application It is one probably the best I have ever seen for a toy like this and easily the one thing that sets this above the rest. It is intuitive, responsive, and the education / tutoring progression section is phenomenal. My child has a blast going through the progression and enjoys the feel of the presentation. It does an excellent job of conveying basic and advanced principles and getting the user to not only execute those principles, but QA them.

    SUPER PRO
    – NO account sign up. NO user info. NO data tracking. In a world where every damned thing wants to siphon personal info through a sign up, subscription to a news letter, liking of a Facebook post, submission of a credit check and donation blood… for the honor of using it, this device has NONE of that nonsense. THANK YOU DASH!

    SUPER DUPER PRO
    – Price. I have seen a plethora of far inferior toys for double the cost (or more). This thing is a no-brainer at this price, especially when compared to the garbage out there.

    CON / ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
    – I had to struggle with a CON, so this really more of an improvement request. A better way to export / view the actual code which the application is running, so the user can see a comparison between the node layout and the code used to execute the commend. This is minor though, as the current structure does an EXCELLENT job of introducing programing concepts, workflows and troubleshooting.

    Just get it. You will not at all be disappointed.

  27. Anonymous says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 333 From Our UsersDash has been a wonderful toy and I love his durable plastic. The apps were fun and educational. But he is malfunctioning after not quite a year of use. We are out of our warranty period because I got him a few months before we gave him as a gift. I’m so disappointed. He won’t turn off until he dies, and he and won’t hold a charge any more. While he charges he does weird, static noises and lights, but you can’t play with him any more because he dies as soon as you unplug. Reading other reviews, I see that this is now a common complaint. I really hoped this toy would have lasted longer! Does anyone know of a fix for this issue? I have searched online but haven’t found a solution that worked.
    **Edited to add: I am changing to 5 stars because Wonder Workshop has been a dream to work with. I sent in an email and they sent me a new Dash within 2 days, even though I’m technically out of the warranty period! I am returning our malfunctioning one. I am so glad and grateful they take such good care of their customers.

  28. Anonymous says:

     Mexico

    Golden Review Award: 5 From Our UsersPerfectamente adecuado para el nivel en que se est utilizando (Preescolar) ya que les ayuda a sembrar las bases de la programacin. Incluso tenemos pensado pedir ms para el ciclo escolar entrante.

  29. Anonymous says:

     Germany

    Golden Review Award: 8 From Our UsersIch bin begeistert von der Qualitt des Roboters. Auch die App ist toll gestaltet. Eigentlich ist der Roboter fr ein Geschenk fr meinen 4 jhrigen Sohn. Er ist glaube ich auch ganz Stolz auf den kleinen Typen. Aber ich glaube auch etwas enttuscht ( natrlich auch etwas berfordert). Klar, es ist wirklich in erster Linie ein Lehrroboter der hier einfach vermittelt, wie solche Gerte “ticken”. Aber sowas ist auch sehr mhselig und langweilig, da man wirklich als interessierter Elternteil hier dieses Maschinendenken und deren Mglichkeiten erlutern muss. (Parallel haben wir einen Saugroboter gekauft, der wird bei uns als Beispiel fr die erwhnten Mglichkeiten der Maschinensprache und dessen Folgen herangezogen). Fr mich bin ich etwas enttuscht, dass die Sensorik des Roboters nicht “Upgrade- Fhig” ist (Zumindest konnte ich nichts finden). Was wre es fr ein Spa, wenn auer die IR- Sensoren und die Akustiksensoren ( nebenbei: Motorgerusche der Rollen stren die Akustiksensoren, d.h. zuverlssig kann er nur im Stehen Gerusche wahrnehmen ( fehlerhafte Schalleffekte mit inbegriffen), eine Kamera nachrsten knnte ( am Besten mit Gesichtserkennung und Mapping alias Saugroboter) man knnte mit Koordinaten spielen, Kompass integrieren oder einfach Koordinatenabgleich mit dem Smartphone….(mehrere Smartphones oder halt mit Wonder Workshop Upgrade- Material) fr z. b. Checkpoints usw.. Die Mglichkeiten wren gigantisch und der Papa knnte endlich seinen R2 D2 fr seine Kinder basteln. :)). Und was fr mich eine Enttuschung ist, die fehlende Datenbank fr Antworten, alias Cortana auf Windows 10 ( z.B. Hey Cortana, erzhl mal einen Witz oder sing ein Weihnachtslied!) Mit einer WLAN Schnittstelle knnte man die Datenbanken aktualisieren. Da liebugelt man ja tatschlich mit einem Platinenwechsel, aber Dash ist einfach zu schn um Hand anzulegen :). Aber es ist ein nettes Spielzeug und ich denke, die Hersteller sollte diesen Roboter endlich frei lassen und sich Upgrade-Mglichkeiten fr die groen Kinder einfallen lassen. Selbstverstndlich knnte man auch hier Geld verdienen fr diverse nachrstbaren Upgrades. Aber fr Kinder, die ggf. gerne mit Lego Technik usw. spielen und schon die Fhigkeit der maschinellen Arbeit verstanden haben ist das ein cooler kleiner schner Roboter, der wirklich zum disziplinierten und systematischen Denken anspornt.

  30. LonnyLindley says:

     Germany

    Golden Review Award: 64 From Our UsersTrotz(!!) der zahlreichen Vine-Bewertungen haben wir Dash unserer 9-jhrigen Tochter (4. Klasse, gut in Mathe) zu Weihnachten geschenkt. Fazit bisher: Sie hat Spa und lernt spielerisch erste Programmierkonzepte. Die Apps sind altersgerecht aufgebaut, die Aufgaben werden stufenweise schwieriger, bleiben in der Regel bei gewissenhaftem Lesen der Aufgaben aber immer lsbar. Ist die Lsung nicht korrekt, gibt die App Hilfestellung, wobei diese gelegentlich etwas detaillierter ausfallen knnte. Hier hat unsere Tochter des fteren unsere Untersttzung gebraucht, und auch wir (beide mit IT-Hintergrund) haben dann in der Regel erst einmal eine Zeit lang suchen mssen. Letztlich sucht man hier den “Bug” im Programm eines Anderen. Wir haben das bislang noch immer hinbekommen, knnen uns aber gut vorstellen, dass weniger IT-affine Mitmenschen hier eher einmal verzweifeln knnten. Ich war auch versucht, deswegen einen Stern abzuziehen. Da allerdings Menschen mit wenig Affinitt zur IT vermutluch gar nicht zur Zielgruppe von Dash gehren und damit auch eher gar nicht mit diesem Problem konfrontiert werden, habe ich mich letztlich fr 5 Sterne entschieden.

    Wer noch nicht weiss, ob der Nachwuchs berhaupt Interesse an Programmierung hat, findet hier einen (im Vergleich mit den Roboter-Angeboten von Lego oder Fischertechnik) preisgnstigeren Einstieg in dieses Themenfeld, der schnell erste Erfolgserlebnisse bietet. Bleibt das Kind dann lnger bei der Stange, kann man entweder Dash noch erweitern oder spter auf die genannten Alternativen umsteigen, die natrlich noch deutlich mehr Mglichkeiten bieten, im Gegenzug allerdings auch erheblich teurer sind.

    Falls Dash ein Geschenk sein soll, empfiehlt es sich, schon vorab einmal die Apps zu laden und mit Dash zu koppeln, da beim ersten Koppeln Dash erst einmal ein Update erhlt (ich vermute, es werden die landesspezifischen Sprachdateien aufgespielt). Bei der Gelegenheit kann man Dash auch gleich noch komplett laden. Letzteres hat bei uns nicht lange gedauert, weswegen ich vermute, dass der Akku von Dash zumindest teilweise vorgeladen ist.

  31. MosesWhitworth says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 14 From Our UsersThis amazing little robot and his associated apps make him extremely versatile and allow my children to be as creative as they want in programming behaviors and building attachments. The beauty of it is that it can grow with the boys. There are other attachments and even a little one-eyed Dot. The possibilities for expansion and creativity are endless and will last years. This is screen time I really don’t mind because it has proven fun and educational for our whole family — even the cats and dog. I highly recommend this robot for kids who aren’t yet motivated to program or code. The recommended minimum age is 8 — and my eight-year-old adores it — but my delight with this little robot should prove that fun and learning simply don’t have an age limit. Get one for your child or just for yourself — its a kick! The beauty of this experience was as soon as Dash came out of the box, my sons were engaged and exploring every one of his features. In less than an hour, they were using one of Dash’s apps to start coding behaviors. I’ve been trying to get my kids engaged in coding for years but this little robot did it in his first hour with them. We didn’t have to read books or go to a Spring Break Camp to learn how to use Dash. The apps were easy to use, encouraged curiosity and experimentation and made coding instantly rewarding and fun.

  32. Jonathan Evans says:

     Germany

    Golden Review Award: 21 From Our UsersProgrammieren ist fr meine Tchter bisher eher uninteressant gewesen, weil es etwas ist, dass ich als Vater mal zwischendurch allein am Computer mache. Fr sie war das bisher nur Text, der irgendwas mit dem Computer macht, aber bei weitem nicht so interessant wie die eigenen Spielzeuge oder die Pferde-App

    Mit Dash ist mir Geschenketechnisch der absolute Knaller gelungen! Auf einmal wird das ganze Programmieren sichtbar und erfassbar. Auf jeden Befehl gibt es eine direkte Reaktion und ein Erfolgserlebnis von dem Spielzeug, das man anfassen und wie ein Haustier sehen kann. Es ist erstaunlich, aber durch das se Spielzeug sind die beiden auf einmal in Begeisterung fr das Thema Programmieren und Robotertechnik ausgebrochen.

    Als Technikfan haben mich natrlich erstmal auf die Fakten interessiert: Der Roboter ist ziemlich beeindruckend erdacht und kommt mit allerlei Details daher. LEDs, Sensoren, Bluetooth-Verbindung, Lautsprecher, Mikrofon, Antrieb und der beweglichen Kopf sorgen erstmal fr Staunen nach dem Auspacken. Durch die runden Formen, die hellen Farben und das groe Auge sieht er aber nicht zu technisch aus und meine Kids finden ihn niedlich.

    Gesteuert wird Dash mit Apps, die es kostenlos gibt. Die Mdels haben bisher vor allen Dingen Wonder” ausprobiert, weil sie leicht zu bedienen ist und gut durch die einzelnen Herausforderungen fhrt. Auch nach einigen Wochen ist die App noch nicht fertiggespielt und mein Eindruck ist, dass das auch noch eine Weile so bleiben wird. Wie beim Programmieren am Computer wchst die Herausforderung mit den Fhigkeiten.

    Ich finde es toll, wie die Macher das Prinzip des Codens fr Kinder bersetzt haben. Es sieht leicht und einladend aus und der Erfolg ergibt sich ganz automatisch. Momentan sind die Mdels noch in der Grundschule und ich bin wirklich gespannt, ob sie spter mit C und Python genauso locker weitermachen wie mit Dash.

  33. RoslynJanney says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 2 From Our UsersI bought dash for my 4 years daughter and she likes it a lot. It is very smooth in movement and demonstrate quality of build. My daughter love it and keep playing with it all the time

  34. Danuta89Scvw says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 4 From Our UsersWe bought Dash for our son to expose him to robotics and programming. The Robot looks great and was well packaged. The software updated on our ipad and connected to Dash without a problem. For a day the robot worked well and our kids enjoyed it but the next day there was a problem. Dash would not roll forward and wouldn’t do some commands. We tried different things and noticed that when lifted up his one wheel was not spinning. I searched on line, saw others with this issue and decided to call WW to replace Dash. I called on monday 1/4 and found out today when following up that the replacement still has not shipped. It should ship Monday 1/11. Then take 3-5 business days to arrive. I’m giving this product a low review because while it’s a great concept the robot shouldn’t break after a day of rolling on a hardwood floor and it shouldn’t take two weeks to cross ship a replacement.

    UPDATE:
    We received the new DASH and sent back the old one. The new one is working great after a few play sessions. The kids are having great fun with it and the Apps continue to work well. Customer service was good and easily reached. They did make a mistake on the return but that didn’t impact the process just notifications. Because of our current experience with DASH, the apps and the company’s service I’ve increased my review to 4 stars.

  35. Anonymous says:

     Canada

    Golden Review Award: 13 From Our UsersDash is a wonderful tool to help kids get into programming. I have been looking for something like this for a while. Here are my initial observations:

    1. The initial setup of the apps on the phone was very easy. From there the software is designed for kids and is very intuitive.
    2. The robot itself is always doing something and the tie in with the phone makes it very easy to have it set in some form of autonomous mode.
    3. The coding is really easy but powerful. The Dash coding has all of the basics you need to know (if, loop…) so making the jump to a more powerful programming language will be a lot easier
    4. The breath of the apps themselves is impressive. (Android for sure, not sure about iOS) and work well at gamifying the coding process
    5. This can be programmed for practical applications. The connectors are Lego compatible so it can be fitted to carry things and follow voices.

    All in all this is a great entry level toy to introduce kids to technology.

    (Note I would suggest 8+)

  36. Anonymous says:

     Spai

    Golden Review Award: 26 From Our UsersEl conjunto de robot + aplicaciones + web est muy bien.

    1.- El robot permite hacer muchas cosas (movimientos, girar la cabeza, cambiar luces, grabar y reproducir sonidos, etc) y las hace de manera fluida. Esta muy bien conseguido.

    2.- Las aplicaciones (cuatro a da de hoy) permiten a los nios usarlo como un coche teledirigido o aprender a programarlo a tres niveles. Uno para muy peques, uno arrastrando mdulos de accin visuales y una ltima ya ms “real” con un entorno de tipo Scratch. Todas con totales que van introduciendo los conceptos. En ingls, eso s, y depende tanto del peque como de los padres seguirlo bien (es muy sencillo en todo caso).

    3.- La web de Make Wonder tiene ideas, cursos, challenges, etc. Se mueven bastante y ayuda a tener ideas. Se agradece.

    Si quieres ensear a programar a tus hijos, el hecho de que lo que los nios programen lo vean reflejado en algo “fsico” si tener que imaginarse algo en la pantalla del ordenador/ipad es un plus de cara a afianzar los conceptos. En este sentido es infinitamente mejor que “scratch directamente. En este sentido el curso de programacin con Minecraft de […] est muy bien tambin.

    Sobre edad… mi peque lo recibi con 6 y medio y se pueden hacer ya muchas cosas con l, lo segua sin problema, aunque es posible que se le saque ms provecho con algo ms de edad.

    Eso si, esto es algo para padres y hijos, es una herramienta para educar, no es un juguete para el nio, para eso hay seguramente opciones ms baratas y/o adecuadas.

  37. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 4 From Our UsersBought this to use when teaching computing. I think the children will have to wait their turn behind me! Apps provide challenge for control and programming but is also an engaging toy that encourages interaction. Will have to buy Dot now!