Robotics – Vehicles

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Parts of a robot vehicle
• Robot cars in the real world
• Sense, think, move

🎬 Animated demo

Watch a robot car sense a wall, decide and turn away.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Spot robots in videos and news
• Sketch your robot car

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Two-wheel, four-wheel and castor designs
• Weight and balance
• Wheel size and grip

🎬 Animated demo

Move the battery and see the robot tip or stay balanced.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Cardboard chassis
• Wheel grip test on different floors

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Why motors need a driver
• Forward and reverse
• Wiring motors safely

🎬 Animated demo

Flip the driver pins and decide which way each wheel turns.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Single-wheel test rig
• Motor direction checker

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Differential drive
• Spin turns vs curve turns
• Timing moves in code

🎬 Animated demo

Tap arrows and watch the robot drive, spin and stop.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Draw a square with your robot
• Robot maze path plan

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Slower and faster with PWM
• Smooth starts and stops
• Balancing both wheels

🎬 Animated demo

Slide the speed and watch the wheels spin faster.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Slow-to-fast drag race
• Straight-line tuning

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Ultrasonic distance sensing
• Stop, back, turn logic
• Tuning the safe distance

🎬 Animated demo

The robot sees a box, backs up and finds a new path.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Obstacle-avoiding car
• Room explorer robot

🎯 What you’ll learn

• IR sensors see black and white
• Correcting left and right
• Following curves smoothly

🎬 Animated demo

Watch sensors spot the line and steer the robot along it.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Black-tape track follower
• Line-follower race track

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Sensing a table edge
• Emergency stop logic
• Combining sensors

🎬 Animated demo

The robot reaches a table edge and stops just in time.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Table-top safe robot
• Edge + obstacle combo robot

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Drive Pad app control
• Sending direction commands
• Mixing auto and manual modes

🎬 Animated demo

Press the phone Drive Pad and the robot follows.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Phone-controlled car
• Robot football match

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Timing and scoring
• Improving speed and accuracy
• Team roles

🎬 Animated demo

Two robots race — see how tuning wins the race.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Sprint race
• Obstacle course challenge

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Choosing batteries
• Why robots slow down
• Fixing common problems

🎬 Animated demo

A weak battery slows the robot — see it recover with a fresh one.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Battery life test
• Robot fix-it checklist

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Planning features
• Build, test, improve
• Showcasing your robot

🎬 Animated demo

All the parts come together into one smart robot car.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Delivery robot
• Smart rescue rover (final project)