A fun project to create a keyboard controlled robot car... based on the "Robotics: keyboard driven car" project on the S4A site. This to me, is a perfect example of an interdisciplinary project: there is quite a bit of mechanical, electrical and computer engineering involved. This project is being used by the Grade 5 kids in my child's school this year; the kids have been working with the Pro-Bot for quite a bit of time and I felt that letting them create their own robot car that behaves similar to the Pro-Bot is a great finale. So far, it's my favorite Arduino project. Below is a formal lesson plan for the robot car.
Note: This is a simplified version of the car from the S4A site - it just involves creating the keyboard driven car, minus the remote controller. This means the car stays connected to the laptop via the USB cable.
Note: This is a simplified version of the car from the S4A site - it just involves creating the keyboard driven car, minus the remote controller. This means the car stays connected to the laptop via the USB cable.