Sparki – The Easy Robot for Everyone

• 1x Ultrasonic distance sensor (get distance from Sparki to walls/objects)
• 1x 3-Axis Accelerometer (pick-up detection, fall detection, hill climbing)
• 1x 3-Axis Magnetometer (sense the magnetic field around Sparki, coordinate with accelerometer to detect compass heading)
• 3x Light-sensing phototransistors (light following, darkness seeking)
• 5x Line-following and edge detection sensors (mazes, line follow, sumo)
• 1x 128×64 Graphic LCD
• 1x RGB LED (RGB = generate any color!)
• 1x Buzzer (beeping, booping, and musical tones!)
• 1x IR Transmitter (like your TV remote control)
• 1x IR Receiver (like your TV)
• 1x IR Remote control (lots of buttons to control Sparki with)
• 1x TTL Serial port for expansion (talk to an Arduino/Raspberry Pi)
• 1x Bluetooth Serial Module
• Powered by 4xAA batteries (rechargeable or alkaline)
• 2x Geared stepper motors (precise, measured movement down to millimeters/ sub-degrees)
• Marker holder for drawing
• And textured ABS plastic shell for your choice of decoration

Here are some of the things you’ll learn how to do with Sparki:

• Edge avoidance
• Line following
• Maze solving
• Wall avoidance
• Room navigation
• Object retrieval
• Follow/hide from light sources
• Shape drawing
• Computer input (make a keyboard/mouse using sensors)
• Games with other Sparkis

And more advanced concepts:

• PID Loops
• Pathfinding algorithms
• Signal Filtering
• Heuristics

The Programming:
Sparki’s code is available as Arduino code. All code is made for free to users and open-source. Check out the tutorials here before purchasing