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KinderLab Robotics emerged from a need to bring Dr. Marina Umaschi Bers’ robotics research on educational technology to a wider audience of young children. When presenting her work at conferences, Marina was being asked: “How can I get a robotics kit?” and not having a good answer.

During a walk with her friend Mitch Rosenberg, a veteran executive at several robotic start-up companies, one afternoon at Walden Pond, near Boston, they decided to join forces to fulfill an old-dream of his: improving STEM education for young children. During that walk, KinderLab Robotics and KIBO was born.