NEW PRODUCT – Mini Round Robot Chassis Kit – 2WD with DC Motors

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NEW PRODUCT – Mini Round Robot Chassis Kit – 2WD with DC Motors


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 aluminum alloy body plus high-quality high-speed motors make it suitable for flat indoor surfaces. Also it’s adorably small!

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We of course have suggestions to run the motors like our 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 our Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE, and to power the robot/microcontroller you could use a Lithium Ion Battery – 3.7v 2000mAh, but it’s all up to you and your imagination!

Kit includes:

  • 2x Drive Motors (drive with 3-6VDC, 200-400 mA run, 1.5A hard stall)
  • 2x Wheels
  • 1x Plastic Caster Ball
  • Anodized aluminum frame and all mounting hardware for assembly

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

In stock and shipping now!


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