Mini Round Robot Chassis Kit - 2WD with DC Motors

The Mini Red Round Robot Chassis Kit provides an aluminium chassis, two DC motors, wheels and a caster ball for building a compact two-wheel-drive robot. A microcontroller, motor driver and power supply are required but not included.

Unleash your inner Mad Max and make your vehicle dreams a reality with the Mini Red Round Robot Chassis Kit.

This kit gives you everything you need to build the shell of a 2-wheel-drive Mobile Platform Robot! You get the metal plates that make up the chassis, two DC drive motors with matching wheels, and a caster ball for balance. You'll fill in the rest with a power supply, microcontroller board, and motor controller. The differential drive (two separately driven wheels) allows for a near zero turning radius while the high-strength aluminium alloy body plus high-quality high-speed motors make it suitable for flat indoor surfaces. Also it's adorably small!

Of course have suggestions to run the motors like the Adafruit TB6612 breakout, Motor FeatherWing, Motor Shield for Arduino, or Motor HAT for Raspberry Pi. Basically anything that can do two bi-directional brushed DC motors at ~5V and 1.5 Amp peak. To steer the wheels, you'll need something to toggle the motor driver like the Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE, which we used in our demo, and to power the robot/microcontroller we used a Lithium Ion Battery - 3.7v 2000mAh, but this is all up to you and your imagination!

Please note: LiPoly Battery, Feather board, FeatherWings, and Feather accessories are not included! This is just the body of the mobile platform robot.

Features

• 2-wheel-drive mobile platform robot chassis kit
• Metal chassis plates with high-strength aluminium alloy construction
• Two DC drive motors with matching wheels
• Caster ball for balance
• Differential drive system for near zero turning radius
• Suitable for flat indoor surfaces
• Compact and portable design
• Compatible with TB6612 breakout, Motor FeatherWing, Motor Shield for Arduino, and Motor HAT for Raspberry Pi
• Requires external power supply, microcontroller board, and motor controller (not included)
• Supports two bi-directional brushed DC motors at ~5V and 1.5 Amp peak
• Battery, Feather board, and accessories not included

Specifications

• Length of Metal Plates: 100mm
  
• Width of Car (wheels assembled): 109mm
  
• Height (wheels assembled): 60mm

Revision History

• As of Feb 28, 2020, we've updated this kit to include a metal caster ball instead of a plastic caster ball.

Resources

• Instructions

Package Contents

• 1x Mini Round Robot Chassis Kit - 2WD with DC Motors
  • 2x Drive Motors (drive with 3-6VDC, 200-400 mA run, 1.5A hard stall)
    
  • 2x Wheels
    
  • 1x Metal Caster Ball
    
  • Anodized aluminium frame and all mounting hardware for assembly

LiPoly Battery, Feather board, FeatherWings, and Feather accessories are not included