Robotics and industrial automation are everywhere these days. Robots help build, package, and ship everything from your breakfast cereal to your car. With that in mind, we designed the ScoutMakes Robot kit to help those with an interest in robotics learn the basics. With it, you will create a simple, wheeled robot while developing a familiarity with concepts like mechanical assembly and motor control. This kit also includes a piezoelectric buzzer and NeoPixels that allow your robot to play sounds and glow while it’s moving around.

And, thanks to the included Azul board, you’ll be able to send instructions to your robot, over BLE, from an app on your iOS or Android device. To control it, you can simply tilt your device in the direction of travel.

Robot Kit Features and Specifications:

Quick and easy assembly (includes an assembly guide and all necessary mechanical hardware)
Controllable over BLE using an iOS or Android app
A piezoelectric speaker allows your robot to make sounds
Powered by the LiPo battery in the Azul board
Four NeoPixels on the robot board provide illumination
Modify the source files for the robot chassis and 3D print your own designs
Quality N20 motors with metal gearboxes and rubber tires

Technical details:

Assembly instructions for the kits are available at https://scoutmakes.com/pages/learn. In order to assemble the kits, you will need a soldering iron

The ScoutMakes STEM Education Kits are all certified open hardware, and all source files are available on GitHub. You can also find them on YouTube and Instagram or you can reach out using the Ask a technical question link on their campaign page.

Azul Features and Specifications:

Powered by an ARM Cortex M4F (with hardware floating point acceleration) running at 64 MHz
1 MB flash and 256 KB SRAM
Native open source USB stack, pre-programmed with UF2 bootloader
BLE-compatible 2.4 GHz radio
Up to +8 dBm output power
Built-in 128 x 32 pixel OLED display
NeoPixel LED
USB type-C connector
Built-in battery charger and 100 mAh LiPo battery
1.7 to 3.3 V operation with internal linear and DC/DC voltage regulators
21 GPIO, six 12-bit ADC pins, and up to 12 PWM outputs (three PWM modules with four outputs each)
A red LED for general-purpose blinking (pin #3) and a NeoPixel for multi-color visual feedback
A power switch
A reset button
Four mounting holes
Works out of the box with FeatherWing add-on boards