This robotic vehicle is designed to meet the requirements of technology education curriculum between ages 12 to 16. The robot can also be used up to university level for motivation, learning and project work.
This robot is great for running in competitions and for demonstrations since it can motivate students to want to learn more about electronics and technology in just a few hours.
The robot vehicle is based on plastic moulded chassis with two wheels, gearbox and motor, and is powered by AA batteries. The circuit board connects directly to a PC using USB port and provides a high specification PIC18F4455 controller with many features including 2 user switches, 8 LEDs, sound level sensor, light sensor, buzzer, motor controller (including pulse width modulator), line follower sensor and distance sensors.