Autonomous Robotics Platform for Pico Kitronik

DESCRIPTION

The Kitronik Autonomous Robotics Platform for Raspberry Pi Pico is a fun and hands-on introduction to buggy robotics. It comes with an easy to follow booklet to guide you step-by-step through everything you need to get started! This Robotics Platform is a great place to start for beginners and advanced users alike and it has been specially designed to grow with you and your projects, thanks to the additional servo and ultrasonic sensor connectors.

The kit comes with the autonomous robotics platform chassis, 2 wheels and tyres, a Kitronik line-following sensor board, and an ultrasonic sensor. It is quick and simple to build, with no soldering required and only minimal mechanical assembly.

The included booklet guides you through everything you need to know about your new Robotics Platform. It contains a detailed assembly guide, info on preparing the Raspberry Pi Pico, instructions for installing an editor (Thonny), and instructions on how to write code for every feature of the Robotics Platform. No corner of the board is left unexplained. To help make programming the robot even easier, Kitronik has developed a set of Micropython modules. More information on these can be found in the booklet supplied with the kit.

Please Note: Raspberry Pi Pico, Micro USB Cable and Batteries are not included.

FEATURES

• A fun and hands-on introduction to the world of robotics.
• The Robotics Platform has been designed to grow with you, start small then add complexity later.
• The kit ships with a detailed guide booklet backed up with freely available online tutorials.
• The autonomous robotics platform introduces the user to light, movement, and sensing so the robot can be as hands-on or hands-off as want it to be.
• Program your buggy to react to the world around it.
• Learn to code with MicroPython, using the simple to follow guides and the beginner-friendly Thonny editor.

Just add the Raspberry Pi Pico, some alkaline batteries, and some code and watch your buggy come to life

RESOURCES

Assembly Rundown:

• Fit the tyres to the wheels
• Push the wheels onto the pre-mounted motors and both the line following sensor and ultrasonic distance sensor plug straight into the board.
• Once put together, push the Raspberry Pi Pico into the onboard connector.
• Add 4 x Alkaline AA batteries to the battery holders underneath
• Your robot buggy is ready for instruction

Links

• First steps with the Raspberry Pi Pico, MicroPython, and Thonny.
• Kitronik Beginners guide to GitHub.
• A practical guide to Modules, Micro Python and the Raspberry Pi Pico.
• Kitronik Micropython modules for ARP-Pico.
• Pico Datasheet
• Getting started with MicroPython on the Pico
• Thonny, the beginner-friendly editor