Robot Kits

Audience: students and teachers choosing a robot kit configuration for the STEM Robots course. Chapter: 2 — Hardware Platform and Robot Assembly

About This Infographic

Compares the three robot kit configurations used in this course: the Base Bot (~$18, motors + ToF sensor), the WiFi Bot (~$21, adds wireless Pico W for browser/BLE control), and the Display Bot (~$24, adds an OLED screen for on-board readouts). Click each column to explore the components and capabilities, then use Quiz Me to test your understanding.

Image Prompt

Prompt

Please generate a wide-landscape infographic.

Render all text exactly verbatim. Do not substitute any numbers, paraphrase labels, or invent extra rows/columns/stats. Where a cell says "None" or "N/A", render that exactly.

A clean, modern, flat-design educational comparison infographic poster, landscape 16:9, titled at the top in large bold sans-serif: "STEM Robot Kits Compared", subtitle beneath: "Base Bot · WiFi Bot · Display Bot — which kit is right for your project?"

Layout: a three-column comparison table on a light off-white background (#F7F9FC). Each column is a rounded-corner card with a distinct accent color on its top edge and a simple top-view robot illustration at the top of each column. A vertical row-label strip on the far left lists the attributes. Generous white space, thin divider lines, friendly textbook feel.

Column 1 (raspberry red #C7164E): Header "Base Bot"; price badge "~$18" in a colored circle. Illustration: a simple top-view two-wheel robot with a rectangular Cytron board body, two motor+wheel assemblies at the sides, and a small VL53L0X sensor module at the front. Rows: · Microcontroller: Cytron Maker Pi RP2040 · DC motors: 2 (built-in motor driver channels) · Distance sensor: VL53L0X ToF (I2C) — 3 to 120 cm · Display: None · Wireless: None (USB-tethered via Thonny) · LEDs: 2 NeoPixel RGB (on Cytron board) · Sound: Onboard piezo buzzer · Power: USB cable or 3× AA battery pack · Best for: First build, collision avoidance, dance programs · Key chapters: 6 (motors), 7 (PWM), 8 (sensors), 10 (navigation)

Column 2 (teal blue #1389A6): Header "WiFi Bot"; price badge "~$21". Illustration: same robot top-view but with a Raspberry Pi Pico W board and a WiFi fan-arc symbol floating above it. Rows: · Microcontroller: Raspberry Pi Pico W (RP2040 + CYW43439) · DC motors: 2 (Cytron motor driver board) · Distance sensor: VL53L0X ToF (I2C) — 3 to 120 cm · Display: None · Wireless: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n + Bluetooth LE (built-in) · LEDs: 2 NeoPixel RGB (Cytron board) · Sound: Onboard piezo buzzer · Power: LiPo battery recommended for wireless operation · Best for: Browser control, BLE swarms, IoT projects · Key chapters: 11 (web server), 12 (BLE), 13 (swarm)

Column 3 (deep purple #6A3FB5): Header "Display Bot"; price badge "~$24". Illustration: same robot top-view but with a small rectangular OLED screen visible on the top of the robot body showing "dist: 42 cm". Rows: · Microcontroller: Cytron Maker Pi RP2040 · DC motors: 2 (built-in motor driver channels) · Distance sensor: VL53L0X ToF (I2C) — 3 to 120 cm · Display: SSD1306 128×64 OLED (I2C, same bus as ToF) · Wireless: None (USB-tethered) · LEDs: 2 NeoPixel RGB (on Cytron board) · Sound: Onboard piezo buzzer · Power: USB cable or battery pack · Best for: Live sensor readouts, portable demos, status HUD · Key chapters: 8 (sensors), 9 (display systems), any with added HUD

Typography: one clean geometric sans-serif (Inter/Roboto style), bold column headers, price badges bold, numbers bold. Footer bar: "Sources: Cytron Maker Pi RP2040 product page · Raspberry Pi Pico W datasheet · VL53L0X datasheet (STMicroelectronics) · SSD1306 datasheet." Overall: tidy vector flat-design infographic poster, three-column grid with robot top-view illustrations, suitable for a textbook or classroom screen.