Now there’s an official Arduino Robot kit which makes it even easier to get started. The kit comes with pretty much everything you need to make and program a simple robot.

With this package, novices will learn how to program a microcontroller board and use sensors to build one of two cool creations: a robot tank or three-wheeled robot car.

This robot arm kit starts with some basic fundamental skills, but you can build on it with a wide variety of expansions.

9 affordable Arduino-powered robot kits A more ambitious option is to make your own bot from scratch.

An Arduino-based robot for people who don’t know how to build robots "Sparki" ideal for teaching kids (or adults) how to program robots.

Maker Club is a new start-up and is currently looking for funding over on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website to raise £10,000 to help create its first range of robotic learning kits.

The Arduino based Snake Robot controlled via the companion Android application Is now available to purchase as three different kits depending on your skill level and required time to completion.

Two new development kits that require Arduino programming skills could make it easier for the do-it-yourself set to build electronics and wearable devices.

Randy Sarafan, who also happens to be the Technology Editor over on Instructables, gutted a remote-controlled car and swapped the parts for an Arduino board.