Robot & Drone Lending Library

Robots

Types of Bots

Locations

Two students sitting at a table smiling and showing off the robots that they are building.

Nevada Robotics runs Robot and Drone Lending Libraries with branches in Reno, Las Vegas, and Elko. Robots are available for Nevada Robotics-trained teachers.

To learn more about each robot, click a box below:

VEX123

PreK & Up

Touch Code or Use Coder Cards

-Come in bags of 6 robots & coder cards.

VEXGo

3rd grade & Up

Build & Code

-Come in bags of 5 robots.

VEX IQ

5th grade & Up

Build, Code, Compete

-Come in sets of 1 robot each: Gen1 and Gen2s available.

Ozobots

2nd Grade & Up

Draw or Block Code

-Come in trays of 12 and 18 bots.

CoDrone Edu.

6th Grade & Up

Control & Code

-Come in boxes with 1 drone & controller.

LEGO Spike Prime

4th-8th Grades

Build, Code, Compete

-Come in boxes of 1 bot each.

Blue Bots

2 year olds – K

Touch Code

-Come in singles or set of 6

What educators say about the Robot & Drone Lending Library

Closeup of student hands working on putting together a robot.
“Many of my (students) have done some coding, but they are learning that the coding translates into some actual object moving in the world. I can really see (students) persevere when challenged or when things don’t go as planned.” – Clark County Elementary Teacher
Close up of hands putting together a more complex robot on a table top.
“Watching my students use the engineering design process to create improvements has been inspiring.” – Elko Elementary School Teacher
Close up of a grid table and a student working with a small puck style robot.
“Writing code is just like writing! It needs a beginning, middle, and end. Learning about angles IS important! Students realized that a 90 degree angle is a good benchmark to work from when trying to maneuver their robot through a course.” – Douglas County Elementary Teacher

Borrowing Information

Nevada Robotics is updating its lending software. If you are interested in borrowing robots or drones for the 2025-2026 school year, please email lendinglibrary@dri.edu and provide your name, school, email address/es, item request/s, number of robots, and lending period request/s.

2025-2026 Lending Periods

    • Period One – Aug. 11, 2025 – Oct. 3, 2025
    • Period Two – Oct. 13, 2025 – Dec. 12, 2025
    • Period Three – Jan. 5, 2026 – Feb. 27, 2026
    • Period Four – March 9, 2026 – May 22, 2026
Two students working together at a table putting a robot together.