Meet Edison - Programmable Robots

[tomgrindle]

Hi,

 

Was just wondering if any fellow schools use the Edison robots at all? Our ICT Department are looking at purchasing a kit of them. They are Australian.

 

 

Meet Edison - Cheap Programmable Lego Robot Kits

 

To be honest they look pretty cool! Would be nice if we could get some feedback from other schools before purchasing them.

 

Many Thanks

 

Tom

[tomgrindle]

Here's a video in case anybody else is interested. We are looking at embedding into our Curriculum for Year 7 and 8's.

 

https://youtu.be/ooSYO5Azj4E

 

Built-in Sensors and Available Inputs:

 

Obstacle detection: Infrared using 2 IR LEDs (front left and right) and IR receiver module (doubles as IR receiver)

 

Remote control: IR receiver module (38kHz) Edison can learn IR codes from most standard TV/DVD remote controls

Infrared data comms: IR receiver module (double as obstacle detection sensor and IR remote receiver)

Line tracker: Red LED and phototransistor (doubles as barcode reader and programming port)

Light sensors: 2 phototransistors (front left and right)

Sound sensor: Piezo transducer (doubles as sounder)