What's the best robot to introduce a nine-year-old girl to programming and robotics?

I am a quadriplegic grandfather and I want to introduce my excited and bright nine-year-old granddaughter to the world of programming and robotics. She loves computers and even somehow hacked the school computer so it logged more math hours than she … See more

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This is a little bit above your budget, but it's worth taking a look at. Sparki is an open source Arduino-based bot that uses block-based programming to help your granddaughter get started, and then she'll be able to move onto learning C/C++ after she gets her feet wet.
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SparkFun

Bits and Pieces to Make Electronics Projects Possible

Jonathan JamesAlways Reaching. · Written
This product has a review of 4 ⭐'s by a " verified purchaser " that says, " My 9 year old built this with some help from me. It was a thrill for both of us." ... ... See the kit @ https://www.sparkfun.com/product... @sparkfun @SparkFunEDU sparkfun.com
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Stemi Hexipod

A robot you can create on your own, at home

Ian RumacAndroid Developer @ Kino.de · Written
It's a robot she can program herself, in Croatia kids love it! - first batch is sold out but you can register to preorder new ones.
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