The latest such offering is the Lego Boost kit. The $159 collection of bricks allows you to create five different models including a robot and kitten. Then, using the Lego Boost app for Apple’s ...

With the JIMU Robot BuilderBot Series: Overdrive Kit is a box of parts includes programmable motors, sensors, wheels, and a whole lot of bricks with which to make a couple of robots.

Frankie the Cat is just one of a five robot-building projects in the new Lego Boost, a $159.99 model-building and code-training kit for kids (and adults).

We decided to make a company dedicated to making building these custom robots as easy as playing with LEGO.” The modules are assembled and tested by HEBI’s eight-person staff.