Assembly Overview

ARobot’s assembly normally takes about 2 hours or less excluding time for painting. Children as young as 10 can build ARobot with the help of an adult. The controller board and cables are pre-built, so sol- dering is not required.

During assembly you will do these things:

￿￿ Sand and paint the metal robot body pieces (this is optional).

￿￿ Mounting whiskers, drive motor, steering motor, wheels, etc.

￿￿ Route cables.

￿￿ Install the Basic Stamp II onto the controller board.

You’ll learn:

￿￿ Identification and names of all parts.

￿￿ Screw, nut, and washer sizes.

￿￿ Basic electronic terminology.

￿￿ Basic mechanical assembly techniques.

￿￿ Basic wiring skills.

Tools you’ll need:

￿￿ Medium Phillips screwdriver

￿￿ Needle nose pliers

￿￿ Sand paper (200-600 grit), or file

￿￿ Wire cutters

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Radio Shack Mobile Robot manual Assembly Overview