The Mbot’s eyes blinked blue. Its wheels twitched. A tiny speaker beeped.
His older sister, Mia, peeked over his shoulder. “Did you give it its brain yet?”
“No,” Mia corrected. “It’s educated . You downloaded its operating system. Now you can tell it what to do.”
“The software. A robot’s body is just a shell. You have to download the mind.” She pulled up a chair. “First, you don’t just search ‘Joysro Mbot download’ and click the first shiny button. That’s how you get viruses.”
She guided his hands. “Go to the real Joysro support page. See? Here. You want the mBlock software – that’s the official coding environment for Mbots.”
The download bar filled slowly. Leo fidgeted. “Why is this the ‘useful’ part? It’s just waiting.”