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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Did you know?

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

Overview

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
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)