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The Pi-Bot is a uniquely designed (and affordable!) complete robot kit for anyone interested in building and programming robots!

Pi-Bot: The Ultimate Robotics Education Experience

The Pi-Bot is a uniquely designed (and affordable!) complete robot kit for anyone interested in building and programming robots!
The Pi-Bot is a uniquely designed (and affordable!) complete robot kit for anyone interested in building and programming robots!
Get a Pi-Bot today!
Created by
Melissa Jawaharlal
Melissa Jawaharlal
1,107 backers pledged $113,175 to help bring this project to life.
Rewards Campaign Updates 29 Comments 236 Community
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Wonderful Pi-Bot Supporters!

We hope you are having a great Thanksgiving weekend! :) As we write this, we are also preparing for our family dinner this evening. We are... Read more

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Back on Kickstarter - Fiat Lux Wearables

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

This has been an incredibly busy and exciting week and we have some more news we'd like to share with you! As many of you... Read more

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Catch us on Shark Tank on 10/30!!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We made it to Shark Tank! We will be airing on the ABC show "Shark Tank" this Friday, October 30th at 9 PM ET/PT. Our... Read more

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V2.0 & Our New Creativity Center!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We hope you are doing well! It has been a while since our last update (sorry!) and we would love share some of the things... Read more

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Pi-Bot V1.5 now ready! And T-40 hrs left on our Tech ABC Campaign!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We are so excited to let you know that our Pi-Bot Version 1.5 ("Pi-Bot V1.5") is now at our center and ready!

We have also... Read more

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"Talking Technical" - Getting kids into STEM early.

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We'd like to share a personal update about our work. Your support on our Pi-Bot Kickstarter campaign meant SO much to us and has made... Read more

2 Comments 6 likes

As we wrap up the campaign

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

Phew! What a summer! We hope you have had a great summer and are ready for fall. It has been a wonderful journey and we... Read more

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Shipping completed and User Forum activated!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We hope you are all enjoying these summer months (and winter for those in the southern hemisphere!) We are very proud and excited to announce... Read more

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Manual Update and Video Tutorials

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We have learned so much in these last couple months. Thank you for remaining supportive and understanding throughout.

Shipments

Many of you have received your... Read more

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Final Assembly, Shipping, and Vice President Biden!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We're almost there!All final kit assembly and quality checks are being done at our Pomona Robotics Creativity Center. We will be sending out kits... Read more

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Tires, gearboxes, and shipping status!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We hope you had a wonderful week! We just received all remaining gearboxes and tires!

We are on target to ship out STEM Boards on... Read more

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Box labels and Pi-Bot Electronics Module 1.0 progress!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We hope you all had a great week and ready for a great weekend! Some updates from the last couple days:

Here is the what... Read more

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Surveys!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We hope you all had a fantastic weekend! Surveys were sent out last week. If you haven't already,please take a moment and complete them... Read more

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Thank you to our Extra Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters!

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Production Process Underway and Logo Completed!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We hope you all are doing well! A quieter time on our end also means an extra busy schedule and effort over here! Thank you... Read more

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Next Steps - Production Begins this Week!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We hope you all are ready for a great week! Just wanted to give you a quick update on our progress. This is the week... Read more

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A strong finish! 161% funding and 113K+

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

Words cannot express how much you all mean to us. We are humbled and amazed by your love and support. We have come a long... Read more

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Successfully raised $113,175 with 1,107 backers

A Final Stretch Goal: $105K - MiniBloq for Pi-Bot

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

With just about 30 hours left we have one final (very exciting) stretch goal for you. You have been asking us for another medium... Read more

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Stretch goal of 85K reached! 3 days to go!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

Just three days left! Thank you so much for your support on this journey - we couldn't be more excited to be bringing our Pi-Bot... Read more

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Stretch Goals!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

Over the last 24 hours we have raised over 11K - we believe some stretch goals are in order! 

We will be adding a tri-color... Read more

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Fully Funded - Thank you!

To our Amazingly Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

WE DID IT! Thank you!

There are currently 139,102 active Kickstarter projects today. 3,990 of them are "technology" projects. Today our Pi-Bot has... Read more

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Almost there!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

WE ARE ALMOST THERE!Today has been our third best day on the campaign and we are just 2K away from our goal. We are... Read more

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12 days - Video Update from Lavanya and Melissa

 Hi Awesome Kickstarter Supporters!

Thank you so much for your support - we are so excited for this home stretch! Here's a little video update from Lavanya and Melissa :)... Read more

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15 days to go!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We are in our last 2 weeks of campaigning and have less than 25% to go! Thank you for supporting us and the Pi-Bot. We... Read more

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21 day to go! - Media and You!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

Thank you, thank you, thank you! We are now at 70% and have 21 days left in our campaign. Over these next couple weeks we... Read more

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Week 4 - Pi-Day and 500+ Backers!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We hope you had a fantastic Pi-Day! Thank you for all your support - Lavanya and I are so excited to see that we now... Read more

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Week 3 - 50% there and TakePart Live tonight!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We are 50% to our campaign goal! Thank you for all your support!

We are now working hard to complete manufacturing and integration on time... Read more

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Week 2 - Pi-Bot in the News!

Dear Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

We are making steady progress. We have now surpassed 30% of our goal!

This past week we were featured on The Daily Californian and Upworthy and... Read more

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Week 1 - Thank you for your support!

To our Awesome Pi-Bot Supporters,

Thank you! We've reached 20% in 1 week and are thrilled by the positive response. Your messages and comments drive us and we thank you... Read more

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