One of the most impressive aspects of a robot is how even the simplest control circuit and equally simple mode of movement can produce a viable behaviour which can almost look like a form of intelligence
All the mobile robot kits presented here are well made and both instructive and interesting to build. Once built they can give much enjoyment on their own or in conjunction with others of their own kind or of different "species" in the range.

New to our range of robots are the mighty but miniscule ASURO, developed for educational purposes by the aerospace industry, and the modular tracked, autonomous ROBBIE.

The Elekit range of robots is well established as good quality introductory robots sold world wide
As an aid to construction of the Elekit robots we have provided a series of photographs at each stage of assembly - to see these click on the photo of the robot in which you are interested

ASURO is a superb, tiny mobile robot developed for educational purposes by the German aerospace centre. It is very flexible and completely programmable in C. Assembly is easy for experienced electronic technicians and feasible for a novice.

Except for the printed circuit boards (PCB) only standard parts are utilized and freeware tools can be used for programming. Therefore ASURO is exceptionally suitable as an introduction into processor-controlled hobby electronics, for projects in schools and universities, for studies and adult education centres. Special tools, which are freeware for private users, have been used for all electronic development phases and software design, proving that robots can be designed without expensive tools or machines.

ASURO is equipped with an Atmel AVR RISC-processor and two independently controlled motors, an optical linetracer, six collision-detector switches, two odometer-sensors, three indicator LEDs and a serial IR-Interface for programming and remote controlling by a PC.

There are some additional parts available for the ASURO, in addition to the RS232 IR transceiver included in the kit, allowing the PC software to communicate with the AVR microcontroller.

These currently comprise:

USB IR TRANSCEIVER, designed to support modern PCs without serial ports.
EXPERIMENT KIT, including 2 extension boards, pins, sockets, etc for easy addition of your own circuits.
LCD PANEL - coming soon.

ASURO	OUR PRICE: £32.99
ASURO USB IR TRANSCEIVER	OUR PRICE: £13.49
ASURO EXPERIMENT KIT	OUR PRICE: £6.99
ASURO LCD PANEL	OUR PRICE: NYA