Choose Your Robot

You are about to use the most accessible guide for building robots with science-fiction-inspired features. We guarantee that anyone can build a robot on par with that of heavily funded corporate organizations. Synthiam has packaged the most cutting-edge technologies and made them available to everyone.


Need Some Inspiration?

Do you need some inspiration before we begin? With over 3 million robot connections on Synthiam's platform, we have plenty of community robot examples.

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What kind of robot do you want to program?

Synthiam's ARC platform will connect to many robot products, toys, and DIY kits. Let's start by selecting what type of robot to make. There are options for using a robot kit or quickly building your dream DIY robot.


1. Use a Robot Product

Skill Level: Beginner

Program a pre-built robot product or a kit with Synthiam ARC. You can program a robot directly out of the box with low effort. Here are a few popular ARC-compatible robot products. Select a robot product to view purchase links and manuals.

AdventureBot from EZ-Robot

Two wheeled WiFi enabled robot with camera. Built with EZ-Bits! By using the same WiFi EZ-B v4 brain as higher cost Revolution robots, this...


AR Parrot Drone from Parrot

The AR Parrot Drone is a flying quadcopter toy that our ARC Software can control. Establish a WiFi connection to the drone from your...


Balance Robot from Sain

The Sain Smart v3 balance robot is an inverted pendulum. Technically, you can use the hardware from this robot, combined with ARC, to...


Bioloid from Robotis

The Robotis Bioloid humanoid robot uses AX-12 servos, that can be controlled by a number of various Synthiam supported controllers. Such as...


Darwin Mini from Robotis

The ROBOTIS MINI is an ARC compatible miniaturized humanoid robot featuring 16 XL-320 Dynamixel servos, the OpenCM9.04 32-bit ARM...


EZ-InMoov Robot Head from EZ-Robot & Gael Langevin

The EZ-InMoov Humanoid Head is a do-it-yourself educational robot for enthusiasts, educators, and researchers interested in artificial...


JD Humanoid from EZ-Robot

JD is a fully functional humanoid robot kit built with ez-bits and invented in Canada. This WiFi enabled humanoid robot is easy, fun and...


Roli Rover from EZ-Robot

Roli is a very customizable WiFi enabled planetary rover style robot kit, with 13 female ez-bit connections for additional ez-bits. Much...


Roomba from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba makes a great platform to get started with your EZ-Robot Complete Kit. Enable fantastic features to turn your boring...


Shell-e from EZ-Robot

Using a 3D Printer, you can build and customize your robot pet! Integrate design, 3-D printing, electronics, and coding into your STEAM...


Six Hexapod from EZ-Robot

This hexapod robot kit is a creative robot platform invented in Canada. Assembled with ez-bits, Six is a very customizable WiFi enabled...


Sphero from Sphero

Sphero is a remote control toy ball with Bluetooth connectivity that can be controlled by ARC. Using ARC gives you the ability to add many...


Telepresence Robot from Ohmnilabs

Telepresence made easy. The Ohmni telepresence robot lets you be anywhere in the world in just one click. The new Ohmni Supercam contains...


Tello Drone from DJI

Tello is an impressive and affordable little drone thats a blast to fly and helps users learn about drones with coding education. The...


TurtleBot 3 from Robotis

TurtleBot is derived from the Turtle robot, driven by the educational computer programming language Logo in 1967. TurtleBot, originating...


2. Make a DIY Robot

Skill Level: Intermediate, Advanced

Making a DIY robot has traditionally been a daunting task. Anyone can make DIY robots with Synthiam's ARC robot software.

We have created a step-by-step Getting Started Guide to making a DIY robot - press the button and get started!

Make a DIY Robot