Good news everyone! (you should read this in Professor Farnsworth’s voice). Until October 3rd 2011, the new DFRobotShop Rover V2 Mecanum kit and DFRobotShop Rover Expansion Plate are on sale. This means that you can obtain a rebate of 20% and 10% respectively when you pre-order! You can find them at their individual pages or among the other products currently discounted in the “On Sale” section.
The DFRobotShop Rover is the most affordable programmable mobile robot and no doubt, one of the most popular. This Arduino-based tracked platform is pretty neat and is very useful for beginners or seasoned roboticists who need a versatile robotic platform that just works.
Original DFRobotShop Rover - Mobile Tracked Arduino Based Robot
Nevertheless, there is always room for improvement. That is why , we listened to our customer’s requests and are now happy to announce the 2.0 version of this amazing platform.
DFRobotShop Rover 2.0 Mecanum Kit
The DFRobotShop Rover 2.0 will have many new features such as 2 XBee Ports, a built-in LiPo charger, and some prototyping space. All the original tracked kits will be upgraded to the new version including the various flavours (Basic, XBee, Bluetooth, and Speech Recognition). A new WiFi kit is also in the works.
There is also a new upcoming kit (as seen in the picture above and below) : The 4WD Mecanum kit that will include four Mecanum wheels for holonomic motion, four encoders, a larger battery and a huge load of coolness.
DFRobotShop Rover 2.0 Mecanum Kit - Preliminary Picture
The new DFRobotShop Rover 2.0 and the Mecanum kit will be available mid to late September 2011. For now, you can start by pre-ordering the Mecanum kit here.
DFRobotShop Rover - Mobile Tracked Arduino Based
We are proud to announce that the DFRobotShop Rover, an Arduino-compatible robotic tracked platform, is available for immediate purchase right now. The Rover has been available for pre-order for some time on the RobotShop website but it is only today that we got the last shipment for the remaining parts.
The DFRobotShop Rover is a versatile mobile robot tank based on the popular Arduino Duemilanove. It incorporates all the Duemilanove features (since it uses a surface mount ATMega328), including shield compatibility, and is supplemented with (1) an on-board DC step-up that allows it to be easily powered from small power sources such as AA batteries, (2) a dual H-bridge DC-motor controller (L293B), and (3) an APC220 and Bluetooth serial interface connector for telemetry and radio control. As an addition it also features a temperature and light sensors that can be readily connected to analog inputs on the ATMega328 for immediate use.
This Arduino-compatible platform rides on the popular Tamiya twin motor gearbox and the Tamiya track and wheel set. This created a low-cost traction system that has been tested to carry over 2 kg without issues.
DFRobotShop Rover - Back
The DFRobotShop Rover can be programmed using the Arduino IDE to perform any robotic action you can imagine and is versatile enough to accommodate various electronics and mechanical accessories such as various Arduino shields, a breadboard, a standard servo motor through its servo mounting point, etc. The user is free to choose what task this little robot should accomplish; we are eager to see it in the outside world doing crazy things.
This robot is intended for geeks (obviously!), anybody wanting to get started in robotics, schools (elementary, high-school, college…), people who need to give a cool gift (to that special geek in their lives). In short anyone curious about the world of robotics.
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