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Synopsis
DFRobot is an open source hardware facilitator headquartered in Shanghai China, catering to engineers, DIY enthusiasts, interactive designers, and educators. It has been an early evangelists of the Arduino, Maker Movement in China. DFRobot has a product catalog boasting over 1,000 components and widgets including Arduino controller, Raspberry Pi, Development Boards, Sensors and Modules, Kits, Robotics, and 3DPrinters.

History
DFRobot was established in 2008 and opened an office in Shanghai in 2010 following opening its ChengDu factory a year later. The name DFRobot is abbreviation of “Drive the future” and “Dream Factory”. DFRobot’s the second hacker space “Mushroom Cloud” was opened in Shanghai’s High-tech park in 2012. Ricky Ye, the CEO of DFrobot, received his PhD in engineering at the University of Nottingham. He was highlited as a robot specialist and was one of the international speakers at Polycon, an international digital media arts festival.

Boson
The Boson kit is a set of modular electronic building blocks designed for educational purposes. It is composed of 45 different modules in total. There are 22 input modules in total, ranging from Push button, Light, Sensor, and Joystick to even a Tilt sensor. There are 11 output modules such as Servo, motor, LED and Buzzer. The nine different function modules include IoT, Counting, Logic AND/OR/NOT modules. There are also three power modules.

Boson kit is code-free STEM kit, which is claimed to be compatible with the BBC Micro:Bit.

Antbo
Antbo is an assembling bionic robot that is designed for kids. Kids will learn basic robotic knowledge and movement principles during the process of assembling robot. It has six legs and 30 neurons for sefl-learning and to analyze and understand its surroundings.

Antbo allows upgrades with dozens of different sensors and modules. It collects users data and uploads it to the cloud. Users are able to check matrix-like distance and skill level and then share their accomplishments with other users. Through voice-control and lighting it can develop an “emotional connection” with users.

Vortex
Vortex is an arduino based programmable toy robot that is pairable with iOS or Android smartphones or tablets via Bluetooth. Kids can initiate commands with simple tapping the screen in the Vortex app. It is compatible with most Arduino programming language such as Scratch, Arduino IDE, and visual programming App named “WhenDo”. Vortex has 32 eyes expression and unlimited light effects.

LattePanda
LattePanda is a development board with build-in Arduino that runs desktop version of Windows 10, Linux and Android. LattePanda features a quad-core 1.8Ghz processor, 2/4GB RAM, 32/64GB eMMC, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0.

Overlord Proplus
Overlord ProPlus is a 3D printer which was released in 2015.