{"id":18056,"date":"2018-07-11T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=18056"},"modified":"2018-06-29T02:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T02:57:27","slug":"ozobot-evo-and-the-avengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/11\/ozobot-evo-and-the-avengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozobot Evo and the Avengers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Anyone remember those car toys where you could draw a black line on paper and the car would follow it?\u00a0 I think they first came out in the 70\u2019s but I\u2019m not sure.\u00a0 Well now those kinds of toys have reached the 21st<\/sup> century with Ozobot Evo.\u00a0 Not only does this robot follow black lines on paper, but it can also detect other colors as well.\u00a0 And when those colors are in certain patterns, they act as a code to tell Ozobot what do to, like turn directions, go backward, and much more!\u00a0 But that\u2019s not all. \u00a0Now you can get limited edition skins for Ozobot based on Marvel\u2019s The Avengers characters, which give the little robot even more personality.\u00a0 Click here to read more!<\/p>\n

Here is a bigger shot of both the toys in their boxes.\u00a0 Really the most complicated thing about these toys is figuring out how to open the boxes to get to them!\u00a0 Seriously, you need a college degree to open them!\u00a0 But that\u2019s the hardest part of the setup.\u00a0 Everything else is easy.<\/p>\n

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Here a shot of the Ozobot Evo out of the box.\u00a0 I put a dime next to the box so you can see how small it is.\u00a0 One of the coolest things about the Ozobot Evo is the packaging.\u00a0 On the left side you have little boxes with tabs you can pull out like drawers.\u00a0 These hold some of the accessories like the markers you use to draw the lines, a protector skin and bag, and the USB charger.\u00a0 The other side holds cards with various activities and things we\u2019ll get to later.\u00a0 This is great because it encourages kids to put away their toys so they don\u2019t lose anything.<\/p>\n

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One of the first things you\u2019ll want to do with Ozobot Evo is charge it up after you get it out of the box, as most electronics don\u2019t have a full charge when you first get them anyway.\u00a0 Another neat thing about Ozobot is all the lights it has.\u00a0 Even when charging, it\u2019ll light up five lights from red to green, letting you know how much time it has left to charge.\u00a0 But one disadvantage is the USB charger cord is so short it\u2019s almost a joke.\u00a0 Seriously, it\u2019s like 3 inches long!<\/p>\n

You can download an app on iOS and Google Play that lets you do things with Ozobot Evo.\u00a0 But even without the app, you can still play with it.\u00a0 Cover its sensors to play games like making music or running away from your hand.\u00a0 One warning: cats love to play with Ozobot, too.\u00a0 I can say that with personal experience.\u00a0 And the Ozobot will still follow lines you draw with or without the app.<\/p>\n

Connecting the Ozobot with the app is easy to figure out and do. \u00a0You first register your Ozobot and give it a name (I named mine Mega Man because of course I would).\u00a0 Then you can earn stars to learn the basics of using your Ozobot using play cards included in the box.\u00a0 After that you can use the app to watch YouTube videos giving you ideas on how to play with Ozobot, as well as games and codes to try.\u00a0 The play cards are on the other side of the box, and also include stickers you can use to decorate and customize your Ozobot.\u00a0 And if you mess up when coloring one of the special codes, you can use other stickers to place over the messed up codes to try again.<\/p>\n

You can also buy special skins based on Marvel\u2019s The Avengers that let you do even more things with Ozobot Evo.\u00a0 The characters you can get are Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, and Ultron.\u00a0 I got the Hulk to review, here\u2019s a picture of it out of the box.<\/p>\n

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All you do it stick the Hulk skin on top of Ozobot and plug the attached USB cord connecting the Hulk to Ozobot.\u00a0 One thing is that it\u2019s pretty hard to take off.\u00a0 But the Hulk skin adds new sounds, lights, and movements for Ozobot, as well as a new interface for the app, and that\u2019s pretty much it.\u00a0 So it doesn\u2019t do as much as regular Ozobot does, but the price is right.\u00a0 I found that it disconnected from the app a couple of times with the skin on, though, for some reason.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d say if your kid can read and has an interest in robots, they\u2019ll be fine with Ozobot Evo.\u00a0 Although since you do have to use an app and it can connect to YouTube, parental supervision is recommended and you should be comfortable with your kids using a cell phone or tablet.\u00a0 The big downside with Ozobot Evo is the price.\u00a0 The thing costs 100 bucks, which is a bit steep.\u00a0 In its defense, it does have a LOT of lights and sounds, and it\u2019s definitely educational.\u00a0 In fact, if you\u2019re a teacher, you can check out the Ozobot Web site for STEM lessons involving it.\u00a0 They do make a version of Ozobot for younger kids called Ozobot Bit that\u2019s a little over half the price, so that may be a good alternative.\u00a0 The Avengers skins are pretty reasonably priced at 15 bucks each.\u00a0 But if you\u2019re kids love robots and have in interest in coding and programming them, this may still be a good investment anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone remember those car toys where you could draw a black line on paper and the car would follow it?\u00a0 I think they first came out in the 70\u2019s but I\u2019m not sure.\u00a0 Well now those kinds of toys have reached the 21st century with Ozobot Evo.\u00a0 Not only does this robot follow black lines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-movie-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18056"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18058,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18056\/revisions\/18058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}