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There are many entry level Robot Car Kits in the market, most of them are controlled by Arduino Boards. You can check our tutorial blog for such OSOYOO Robot kit for Arduino in https://osoyoo.com/2020/05/12/v2-1-robot-car-kit-for-arduino-tutorial-introduction/.

The advantage of Arduino Robot Car kit is that Arduino has no Operating System and programming is simple and easily. For some basic robot application which needs only simply logic to handle sensor data and control actuators, Arduino-controlled robot car is a good choice.

However, for some more complex robot applications which need more complex functions such as computer vision(CV), Internet of Things (IoT), web server control etc, Arduino board’s ability is too weak to reach the target.

In order to help intermediate students  to complete some complex Robotic project. We developed a more advanced Raspberry Pi Robot Car learning Kit.

Why Raspberry Pi is so important to the Robot Car DIY learning kit?

Because Raspberry Pi is a real computer which has Linux OS (Raspbian) and therefore much powerful than Arduino Board which is simply a microcontroller(MCU).

With Raspbian OS and its huge open-source software community, people can make much complicated Robot projects, i.e. web application, database, A.I., machine learning, IoT, Computer Vision etc.

Unlike Arduino board, Raspberry Pi programming environment is much more complex and flexible. It supports almost all programming language as long as the language is supported by Raspbian Open Source community. The most commonly used languages to access Raspberry Pi GPIO pins are C and Python. If you want to learn some Raspberry Pi hardware GPIO programming, you can read our tutorial in following links:

https://osoyoo.com/2017/10/09/raspberry-pi-starter-kit-v1-introduction/

Since Raspberry Pi programming is different from Arduino, we suggest user should get some basic Linux knowledge before practice Raspberry Pi Robot project. If you want to learn Linux Robot by doing, you can buy this kit as learning kit. We provide some basic lessons in the kit to show you how to set up Raspbian Linux environment, how to use a Linux shell to control car movement and how to use a web browser to monitor and control car movement through the camera.

These basic projects in our tutorial have step by step instruction with sample code, circuit graph and installation video. These lessons all have been tested, so if you strictly follow our instruction, they will work without any problem. We also write detailed comments in our python sample code, which can help you to understand the code and customize for your own application. However, you must have some Linux and python background knowledge, otherwise please do not change the code.

If you have any interesting application to use our Robot kit, you are more than welcome to share your excellent ideas in our comments section.


Lesson 1

Hardware Installation

Lesson 2

Software Installation
and Basic Movement

Lesson 3
Line Tracking

Lesson 4

Obstacle Avoidance

Lesson 5

Wifi UDP control by phone

Lesson 6

Web Camera Control

No. Picture Device Qty. Link
1 Raspberry Pi board 2/3/4
(not in package)
1
2 OSOYOO PWM HAT v1.0 1 Click here to buy
3 OSOYOO model X motor driver module 1 Click here to buy
4 Servo motor 1 Click here to buy
5 Servo motor holder 1 Click here to buy
6 Servo horn 1 Click here to buy
7 Voltage meter 1 Click here to buy
8 Motor with cable 2 Click here to buy
9 Motor holder 2 Click here to buy
10 Wheel 4 Click here to buy
11 Motor Flexible Coupler 4 Click here to buy
12 RC Steering Cup 2 Click here to buy
13 Connecting rod 1 Click here to buy
14 Rod radial end bearing 4 Click here to buy
15 Chassis 1 Click here to buy
16 3pin female to 3pin female jumper wire 1 Click here to buy
17 6Pin female to female
jumper wire
1 Click here to buy
18 2Pin 20 cm XH2.54
female jumper wire
1 Click here to buy
19 18650 battery box 1 Click here to buy
20 Battery charger for 18650 battery
(Optional)
1 Click here to buy
21 1Pair 18650 batteries (Optional) 1 Click here to buy
22 Philips screwdriver 1 Click here to buy
23 L Type hex wrench 1 Click here to buy
24 Tracking sensor module 1 Click here to buy
25 7pin 25 cm Female to Female Cable 1 Click here to buy
1 Ultrasonic Sensor 1 Click here to buy
2 Servo Motor 1 Click here to buy
3 Mount Holder for Ultrasonic Sensor 1 Click here to buy
4 10Pin jumper wire female to female 20 cm 2 click here to buy
1 CSI camera 1 Click here to buy
2 Servo Motor 1 Click here to buy
3 Mount Holder for CSI camera 1 click here to buy