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Each pupil team (normally 3 pupils) is issued with their own robot in a cardboard box. The robot comes in a number of bits and the first activity to to build it and test it. The following table list the items in the kit box.
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Number |
Description |
Picture |
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Circuit board in special bag |
1 |
Board holds all the electronics of your robot vehicle
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Switch controller |
1 |
Simple controller to steer robot |
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Motor with plastic wheel and encoder |
2 |
Drive system for the robot
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Plastic rivet |
9 |
8 used to fix the two motors to the circuit board
1 used to fix pen holder to the board |
All rivets are the same size
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Dome nut |
1 |
Provides a front “wheel” for the robot |
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Plastic screw |
1 |
To fix dome nut to the circuit board |
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Pen holder bracket |
1 |
Allows robot to carry a marker pen. |
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Controller cable |
1 |
Connects switch controller to the robot
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Screwdriver |
1 |
To screw cables and components onto circuit board
Also can be used to strip insulation from wires |
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Item |
Number |
Description |
Picture |
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Battery charger units |
6 |
Each charger can charge 8 batteries at a time. |
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Charger power supplies |
6 |
One power supply per charger |
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Mains power strips |
1 |
Allows ALL chargers to be run from a single socket. |
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Rechargeable batteries |
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Four batteries per robot.
There will be sufficient batteries for the robots you have requested. |
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Silver wire links |
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Used to make robot go into a test mode when it is switched on. See activity 1.
Easily bent into a U shape. |
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Brown wire links |
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Used to allow the building of an object catcher at the front of the robot.
These should not be confused with the silver wire links. |
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Pack of spare components |
1 |
Extra rivets, front skid dome nut, and pen holder screw. |
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Pack of bump switches |
1 |
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Pack of light detectors (LDRs) |
1 |
Supplied, but related activity is not yet complete. |
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DVD |
1 |
Single DVD holds all video material for the project |
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Rolls of paper |
2 |
We also use B&Q Value Lining Paper (White) as a substitute. Price as of 25th Oct 09 is £1.78 per 10m roll. |
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Berol Broad pens |
12 |
The pen holder is designed to take a Berol Broad pen. However, it will be able to take other similar sized pens. |
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Rolls of black tape |
2 |
Any 19mm width black tape could be used. |
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Spare robot kit |
1 |
Available for use by the teacher. |
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