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Mirobot v2 WiFi Enabled Drawing Bot with Collision Detection amp Line Following Mirobot MIROBOTV2CLASSPACK, The Mirobot v2 Class Pack x 10 from Mirobot is a simple and fun way of learning about coding and robotics. The Mirobot has a built in pen holder for drawing on the move, a buzzer, a pair of collision sensors, a line following sensor and a Wi Fi hotspot for programming. Suitable for all ages, it is supplied as a self assembly kit, and the laser cut pieces clip together neatly and quickly without additional fixings. The circuit board is pre assembled and ready for use immediately in fact there are only two screws and they are for adjusting the pen holder. Building the bot gives a sense of achievement which will carry you through stage by stage as you learn to make the bot do more and more.Instructions are provided for getting the bot's hotspot connected to your home Wi Fi network. Once connected you can browse to the start page on the robot itself where you can create programs using a Scratch like drag and drop interface. A great starting exercise is to draw different shapes using combinations of move and turn commands. There are some very useful guides on the Internet which will take you through exercises to get familiar with your new bot. As you become more confident, you can even learn JavaScript which is the language that runs many popular websites. All this can be achieved using your normal web browser, there's no special software required. This is a tough robot to outgrow, but should you feel adventurous, it's possible to write code for the internal Arduino mini directly using the Arduino IDE in CC, another very important programming language.The Mirobot is fully Open Source which means that the design documents for the chassis are available for free online and so is all the software. Mirobot Class Pack of 10 WiFi Drawing Bots Collision Detection amp Line Following
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