ELEGOO Official US via Amazon has
ELEGOO Conqueror Robot Tank Kit w/ UNO R3 Controller Board for
$99.98.
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About this Item:
- Based on Arduino development, open resources and free, rich learning resources.
- DIY assembly and construction will help to cultivate children's concentration and hands-on ability.
- Graphical programming provide a special building block functions, and with a variety of functions of the car, stimulate children's creativity and imagination.
- FPV Mode: FPV control experience and using Wi-Fi for Video transmission and control the robot car's movement. Imagine that your are driving the car. Please be noted that the horizontal control range is 0-180°, you cannot control the camera vertically.
- Obstacle Avoidance: Under this mode the robot car will automatically detect obstacles ahead of it no matter which direction it is from with the ultrasonic sensors on the platform by sending waves and calculating the distance. Keep your car away from collision and enjoy the fun.
- Line Tracking Mode: The line tracking modules at the bottom of the car make sure it follows the runway you design with its infrared transmitter tube and an infrared receiver tube. Make sure your runway is clear enough and long enough then you can enjoy a wonderful car racing show. PS: This function works when the line is black.
- Specs:
- Controller: UNO R3
- Programming Software: Arduino IDE, ElegooKit
- Input: Infrared Photoelectric Sensor, Ultrasonic Sensor, Buttons
- Output: Motor, Servo Gimbal, LED
- Voltage: 7.2~8.4v (7.4v Lithium Battery Pack)
- Battery Life: 2 hours (Line-tracking Mode)
- Distance Measuring Method: Ultrasonic Ranging Sensor
- Motor Driven: Dual-channel DRV8835 Driver Chip
- Tracking Method: Infrared Tracking
- Motor: DC Servo Motor 1:48
- Communication: Uart/ WIFI
- Camera: OV2640
- WIFI Mode: ESP32-WROVER
- Two degrees of freedom gimbal: Two SG90 Servo
Top Comments
Just FYI- I design and prototype robots as a hobby so have a bunch of experience in this field. They call these robots- but they really have very little autonomous function. Really it's a remote controlled tank that you get to build. The type of automous robotics you can do with it involve the ultrasonic sensor + obstacle avoidance using it. Essentially you can make the robot stop forward motion if it detects something in front of it. It looks like it has line following capabilities as well.
Some notable things about it:
-Arduino Uno Microcontroller - very likely the brains of the whole thing. Kind of weird that they include this and an esp32. The arduino uno is about as slow as a microcontroller you can get.
-ESP32-CAM Microcontroller - This will add wifi and allow camera over wifi. Much much faster than the included arduino uno. The camera is mounted on servos so you can look around while moving. You might be able to some very basic computer vision type stuff on the esp32. Without an SBC like a raspberry pi though you will be very limited.
-Line following capabilities
-Obstical avoidance using ultrasonic sensor. Ultrasonic sensors really suck. It doesn't matter brand or model. Like really bad. Don't expect great results with it. (LIDAR is right tool for this job, or something like a depth camera)
-Includes an IMU - MPU6050 Very basic 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyroscope. Low cost but works--I'm not sure how they use it in this scenario. Typically IMUs are used to estimate state/speed of the vehicle in a closed loop control system. In this case...not 100% how they are using it.
Overall, for the price, it's a fairly good deal. Don't expect to be doing a lot of real robotics with this. It's more for learning the basics of the parts/electronics and then buying more parts to advance this design yourself.
Here is what this kit is good for:
-Learning C/C++ programming using an Arduino Uno Microcontroller (They might have something like scratch/block based programming available too)
-Learning Microcontrollers using the Arduino Uno and ESP32-cam
-Learn electronics like an Ultrasonic sensor and how to hook them up to microcontrollers
-Be frustrated because it isn't a real robot, it's just an RC car
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ELEGOO is a fusion of open-source electronics and structures that from the foundation of everything the company helps create. "ELE," stand for "electronic," representing the open-source electronic aspect of the brand. "GOO," are derived from "googol," which is the 100th power of 10, represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. This number signifies the countless structural models that can be generated by 3D printers.
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Unfortunately the general reliability of the build seem to be in question by reviewers
I think the suggested age range may be a bit optimistic. I think many adults probably don't have the attention span required to deal with an unpolished product that may require correcting dubious engineering choices and writing your own Arduino "app" from scratch. A polished iTank with rounded rectangles and minimal work required to drive it around would probably be advertised at more than the $500 car, and would quickly be boring. I am going to upvote it, because there's $99.99 worth of pieces in a box here.
Would make a cool gift for probably high school ages and up and specifically for someone who wants to learn programming.
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Just FYI- I design and prototype robots as a hobby so have a bunch of experience in this field. They call these robots- but they really have very little autonomous function. Really it's a remote controlled tank that you get to build. The type of automous robotics you can do with it involve the ultrasonic sensor + obstacle avoidance using it. Essentially you can make the robot stop forward motion if it detects something in front of it. It looks like it has line following capabilities as well.
Some notable things about it:
-Arduino Uno Microcontroller - very likely the brains of the whole thing. Kind of weird that they include this and an esp32. The arduino uno is about as slow as a microcontroller you can get.
-ESP32-CAM Microcontroller - This will add wifi and allow camera over wifi. Much much faster than the included arduino uno. The camera is mounted on servos so you can look around while moving. You might be able to some very basic computer vision type stuff on the esp32. Without an SBC like a raspberry pi though you will be very limited.
-Line following capabilities
-Obstical avoidance using ultrasonic sensor. Ultrasonic sensors really suck. It doesn't matter brand or model. Like really bad. Don't expect great results with it. (LIDAR is right tool for this job, or something like a depth camera)
-Includes an IMU - MPU6050 Very basic 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyroscope. Low cost but works--I'm not sure how they use it in this scenario. Typically IMUs are used to estimate state/speed of the vehicle in a closed loop control system. In this case...not 100% how they are using it.
Overall, for the price, it's a fairly good deal. Don't expect to be doing a lot of real robotics with this. It's more for learning the basics of the parts/electronics and then buying more parts to advance this design yourself.
Here is what this kit is good for:
-Learning C/C++ programming using an Arduino Uno Microcontroller (They might have something like scratch/block based programming available too)
-Learning Microcontrollers using the Arduino Uno and ESP32-cam
-Learn electronics like an Ultrasonic sensor and how to hook them up to microcontrollers
-Be frustrated because it isn't a real robot, it's just an RC car
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