A robot kit is a special construction kit for building
robot
A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...
s, especially
autonomous mobile robots.
Toy robot kits are also supplied by several companies.
They are mostly made of plastics elements like
Lego Mindstorms,
rero Reconfigurable Robot kit, the
Robotis Bioloid, Robobuilder, the ROBO-BOX-3.0 (produced by Inex), and the lesser-known KAI Robot (produced by Kaimax), or
aluminium
Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has ...
elements like Lynxmotion's
Servo Erector Set and the
qfix kit. Some robots, such as Ebdot, come ready-assembled.
The kits can consist of: structural elements, mechanical elements,
motors (or other
actuator
An actuator is a machine element, component of a machine that produces force, torque, or Displacement (geometry), displacement, when an electrical, Pneumatics, pneumatic or Hydraulic fluid, hydraulic input is supplied to it in a system (called an ...
s),
sensors and a
controller board to control the inputs and outputs of the robot. In some cases, the kits can be available without electronics as well, to provide the user the opportunity to use his or her own.
Robot kits
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Arduino
Arduino () is an Italian open-source hardware and open-source software, software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices. Its hardwar ...
controlling
Tamiya (or another) kit
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Cubelets
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Lego Mindstorms
*Lynxmotion
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Qfix robot kit
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Robotis Bioloid
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Stiquito
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Tetrix Robotics Kit
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WonderBorg
See also
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.dwg
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Adaptable robotics
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Domestic robot
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Open Design Alliance
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Open hardware
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Phidget
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Rapid prototyping
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Robotics suite
A robotics suite is a visual environment for robot control and simulation. They are typically an end-to-end platform for robotics development and include tools for visual programming and creating and debugging robot applications. Developers can ...
External links
Mobile Robot (MURVV) kit
References
Adaptable robotics
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