Photon
Photon is an educational robot for home or the classroom. It helps children learn problem-solving, programming, and other STEM-related skills.
- Creator
- Year
- 2017
- Country
- Poland 🇵🇱
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Photon has met German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polish president Andrzej Duda, and William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Specs
- Overview
Light, touch, sound, and obstacle detection. Photon to Photon communication. Three programming applications.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2017
- Website
- Width
- 17.2 cm
- Height
- 19 cm
- Length
- 17 cm
- Weight
- 0.69 kg
- Speed
- 1.5 km/h (max)
- Sensors
Head: Light and touch sensors. Body: time-of-flight laser sensor, sound sensor, accelerometer, rotary encoders, IR receivers.
- Actuators
Brushed DC motors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 2
- Materials
Polycarbonate, thermoplastic elastomer, ABS plastic
- Compute
Custom controller based on ARM-Cortex M3 microcontroller
- Software
Custom microcontroller software
- Power
2600-mAh lithium-ion battery, 8 hours of operation
- Cost
- $215
