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CamJam EduKit #3 - Robotics Reviews

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Great fun my first robot project. Was able to connect up my wiimote through Bluetooth and drive the robot with the nunchuck. Next step is to try the line sensing mode
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Posted 5 years ago
This is a great first step into robotics, I’m working through it with the kids who are both thoroughly enjoying what they’re doing. The accompanying worksheet works well and explains what is going as it goes along
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Posted 5 years ago
Gawainthevegan
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i have never built a robot before so this kit seemed like the right place to start. the kit is £18. i bought a powerbank for £10 and used a pi 3b+ and 4 aa rechargeable batteries that i already had just kicking about doing nothing. my only gripe is that the ball bearing castor wheel really isn't an ideal choice for the front and i will be sourcing a more standard style castor wheel to replace it. cannot imagine that will cost me more than a couple of quid so no biggie. i used the box the kit came in as the chassis. painted it with silver hammerite paint and used 'no more nails' adhesive to fix the electric motors to the chassis. having cut slots in the box to enable the powerbank sockets to remain exposed and to also allow cables to be threaded everything looks decidedly professional. also enabled vnc on the raspberry pi and this means i can control and program the robot without endlessly having to plug in screen/keyboard/mouse.
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Posted 5 years ago
A nice set of components, just ad a pi and some sort of chassis (even a cardboard box) and you are good to go. Wasting time has never been such fun !!
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Posted 5 years ago
when I ordered this it was out of stock but, the notification email was quick so ordered and was her. Not used yet as going to use as a rainy day project with my son
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Posted 5 years ago
Yyyyyyy
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Posted 5 years ago
Easy to build, looks like a good intro to robotics and coding to control robotics. I would ask that its easier to get hold of the worksheets however. A lesson in GitHub shouldn't be part of the basic introduction to robotics. Thanks!
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Posted 5 years ago
I used the worksheets in git-hub and a couple of them had errors that I could not fix. I built the robot car but could not get it to operate at all. Sounded easy but was not easy. I spent a lot of time working on it to fail.
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Posted 5 years ago