# What robot should I purchase? **URL:** \ **Category:** All Courses: Pedagogy and Best Practices\ **Created:** [February 5, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/what-robot-should-i-purchase/6664 "2017-02-05T16:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kriggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kriggs](https://forum.code.org/u/kriggs)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/what-robot-should-i-purchase/6664/1 "2017-02-05T16:37:20Z")
I would like to purchase a couple of coding robots for my 5th grade classroom. Any suggesting on which one to buy would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![bradley.ankney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@bradley.ankney](https://forum.code.org/u/bradley.ankney)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/what-robot-should-i-purchase/6664/2 "2017-03-07T21:47:55Z")
I would suggest Ollie and/or Sphero. Lightning Lab is a free download and teachers can create classes, enroll students and monitor progress. They are simple robots, not a lot of pieces to construct so you can get done to the nuts and bolts quickly. They run through blue tooth on your hand held devices, are a lot of fun and the educational value is endless. ---
**Author:** ![Valerie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/valerie/32/1765_2.png) [@Valerie](https://forum.code.org/u/Valerie)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/what-robot-should-i-purchase/6664/3 "2017-04-24T19:02:43Z")
We have Spheros being used in a number of classrooms in our district and teachers are very excited. I’ll be working with our summer camp using Spheros in July with 3-5th graders. I’m currently putting together some challenges for kids to work on, I plan on using math and group work strategies to align the FUN with some of our district initiatives. I will check out Lightening Lab and see what I can use from there too!