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Abstract: Research problem: how to increase the effectiveness of the formation of creative abilities of schoolchildren in the classroom of robotics in the context of further education. The purpose of the described study is to determine and justify the optimal ways of creating creative abilities for students in robotics classes, on which complex projects based on the Arduino platform are implemented. Methodology and research methods include theories of creative abilities by J. Guildford, C. Taylor, G. Gruber and Ya. A. Ponomarev, methods of analysis, synthesis, abstraction and generalization, pedagogical observation, as well as analysis of activity products. The main results of the study show the productivity of project activities using modern robotic kits to form the creative abilities of students. In addition, they include substantiating the significance of the case method, reference circuits based on a given structure and test cards in the formation of creative abilities of students in robotics classes when performing technical research projects based on the Arduino platform. The scientific novelty of the research results consists in the fact that for the first time the existing pedagogical experience and perspective opportunities for the formation of creative abilities of students in robotics classes while performing technical research projects based on the Arduino platform are examined and substantiated. Theoretical and practical significance of the results. The theoretical significance consists in supplementing pedagogical knowledge with ideas about modern methods and techniques for creating creativity among schoolchildren – cases, test cards and reference schemes based on a given structure. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that a technique has been developed that can be useful in the formation of creative abilities in conditions of additional education. Substantive findings of the study: creative abilities are examined and their essence is revealed, the pedagogical potential of the Arduino platform is described in the formation of creative abilities among students, on the one hand, and on the other hand, in the possibilities of working on technically and commercially significant projects. The pedagogical potential of the Arduino platform lies in the great opportunities for creative innovation in robotics lessons, as well as in the combination of programming fundamentals with engineering activities, during which applied technical problems are solved.