KOOV

KOOV blocks and accessories, with four builds including a giraffe and car.
A box of buildable fun. Photo: Sony

KOOV is a hands-on educational kit for coding, robotics, and design. It includes colorful blocks, sensors, actuators, and a microcontroller. Easy to follow instructions and visual programming let kids start building and coding quickly.

Creator

Sony

Year
2018
Country
Japan 🇯🇵
Categories
Features
A 360 degree spin of a brightly colored yellow and orange blocks form the shape of a dog, which sits on top of a white power brick.
Interactive
See a 360° view of a robot pup built with KOOV. Photos: IEEE Spectrum

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KOOV's name is inspired by computer science: The "K" and "V" stand for "key" and "value" (a form of data storage), and the OO represents the infinity symbol.

Green and yellow blocks form a crocodile's mouth, and connect to a white block.
Give life to your robot. Photo: Sony
A tablet screen shows simple programming of a monkey shape built on the table.
Graphical drag-and-drop programming for kids. Photo: Sony
Robotics and coding for the classroom. Video: Sony

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Specs

KOOV Educator Kit: 322 building blocks, plus light sensor, push sensor, accelerometer, DC motors, servo motors, LED modules. Arduino-based microcontroller. Drag and drop visual programming. Lesson plans and educator guides.

Status

Ongoing

Year

2018

Website

sony.com/koov

Weight
0.8 kg (trial kit box)
Sensors

Infrared photoreflectors, light sensor, push switch, accelerometer.

Actuators

DC motors, servo motors

Compute

KOOV Core microcontroller (Arduino-based)

Software

KOOV app for iOS (iPad only), Mac, Chrome OS and Windows.

Power

Three 1.5-V AA/LR6 alkaline batteries

Cost
$520 (Educator Kit)

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