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Photon Robot
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
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- 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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