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Photon is an advanced educational robot that grows with its owner. Featuring 10 programmable sensors and a story-based mobile application for iOS and Android...

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Photon is an advanced educational robot that grows with its owner. Featuring 10 programmable sensors and a story-based mobile application for iOS and Android, Photon teaches coding concepts through interactive play and exploration.

Designed for children, Photon responds to touch, light, sound, and obstacles — making every interaction a learning opportunity. Robots can even communicate with each other for collaborative activities.

Key Features

  • Light Detection – Determines light intensity to distinguish between dark and bright environments
  • Touch Detection – Responds to physical touch interactions
  • Obstacle Detection – Detects obstacles up to 100cm away with 1cm accuracy
  • Sound Detection – Reacts to loud sounds such as claps, stamps, or voice
  • Ground Contrast Detection – Four contrast sensors detect black and white surfaces for line following
  • Robot-to-Robot Communication – Multiple Photon robots can interact with each other
  • Distance Measurement – Tracks distance travelled in centimetres
  • Rotation Control – Turns to a specified angle with 1-degree accuracy
  • Route Mapping – Follows programmed routes while reacting to the environment
  • RGB LED Eyes & Antennas – Independently controlled colour-changing lights
  • Custom Sounds – Plays built-in sounds or recordings transmitted via the app
  • Magnetic Accessory Mounts – Expand capabilities with snap-on magnetic accessories

Ideal For

  • Children learning to code through interactive play
  • STEM education in classrooms and workshops
  • Collaborative robotics activities

Package Contents

  • 1× Photon Robot

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LED
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a small electronic component that emits light when current flows through it in the correct direction. Because it only conducts one way, its polarity matters, and a through-hole LED must be soldered the correct way around to light up.
RGB
Short for red, green and blue, the three primary colours of light that are mixed in varying amounts to make a wide range of colours. In electronics RGB can refer to an LED or pixel that blends these three colours, or to a colour signal or interface that carries separate red, green and blue channels.

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