by Bill Sumerlin | May 19, 2023 | Overview
So you are interested in robotics. Maybe you have purchased or have been given a robot STEM kit. Maybe your interested in potential courses in robotics. You are interested in learning more… Following are some potential courses that you may find online or in a...
by Bill Sumerlin | May 2, 2023 | Part 2 - Parts Inventory, STEM Kits
The above picture shows most of the parts. The picture below shows the remainder of the parts. The Assembly Tutorial document shown in the above picture is available online, and highly recommended to print a copy out prior to assembling the kit...
by Bill Sumerlin | May 2, 2023 | Computers, Software, STEM Kits
Many of the robot STEM kits contain either semi-intelligent controllers or full-fledged computers that are programmable. In most cases these controllers and computers can be reprogrammed, either replacing some/all of their open source software or extending it. Most...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 27, 2023 | Overview
The Amblit Technologies scorecard is dividied into six (6) areas which follows the purchase, assembly, testing and learning of a STEM kit: Evaluation and purchase Inventorying of parts (15) Kit assembly (25) Kit testing (20) Lessons and learning (40) Overall...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 23, 2023 | Part 3 - Kit Assembly, STEM Kits
In part 3, we assemble the Adeept PicCar Pro Robot Car Kit. All of the assembly and test information is online on the Adeept website. There is a webpage version and a 175 page downloadable PDF version of the documentation. There are also a downloadable...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 21, 2023 | Part 1 - Kit Purchase, STEM Kits
The Freenove Big Hexapod Robot Kit was purchased from Amazon in May 2022 for $169.95. The kit does NOT include the required Raspberry Pi 4 computer, which we was also purchased at the same time for $179.99 (short supply price) and four (4) 3.7v 18650 flat-top,...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 20, 2023 | Part 3 - Kit Assembly, STEM Kits
The kit assembly process can be divided into the following steps: Read/Scan the manual Watch the video Download & expand the two (2) SunFounder Sloth zip files Download and install the Arduino IDE Test the servos and ultrasonic module Assemble the robot kit...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 20, 2023 | Part 2 - Parts Inventory, STEM Kits
The above picture shows all of the parts and the documentation booklet that is included in the box. The small manual is attractive and laid out well, but the written English is a little stilted here and there, but not enough to confuse the directions. Pages 1 thru 3...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 16, 2023 | Part 1 - Kit Purchase, STEM Kits
Amblit Technologies purchased the Adeept PiCar Pro Robot Car Kit from Amazon in January 2022 for $169.50. A description of the kit can be found here. The kit has two (2) different configurations: pivoting head with camera and light or a robot arm with a simple...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 16, 2023 | Part 1 - Kit Purchase, STEM Kits
Amblit Technologies purchased the MakeBlock Educational Robot Kit from Amazon in November 2022 for $68.00. A description of the kit can be found here. The kit includes a Arduino Nano controller and is programmed using MakeBlock’s programming environment based on...
