Pre-Orders Open for Carl Bugeja’s Pocket-Sized ProtoBot Robotics Kit
Depending on your level of experience, it may teach you something about robotics, or it may not. But who cares? While Carl Bugeja’s ProtoBot is being sold as an educational tool for teaching robotics, it would be a blast to play with in any case. It looks like a car straight out of the Micro Machines lineup, only it is remote-controlled and hackable. ProtoBot is an RC car that fits in your pocket and can be pulled out for some fun anywhere, anytime.
Hiding behind the toy-like appearance is a fairly capable robotics platform designed to introduce users to everything from soldering and embedded electronics to sensor integration and automation. The tiny robot measures just 6.3 × 7.5 cm and weighs only 92 grams, but it packs in an ESP32-C6-based controller board, four N20 motors, RGB lighting, proximity sensors, and a 9-axis motion sensor for balance and orientation tracking.
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