Welcome to the CoderDojo Robot book! This book allows CoderDojo mentors to teach the concepts of Computer Science using an open low-cost $30 Arduino components. Because this is an open system, students may create many variations of these robots.
This book was written by a group of CoderDojo mentors interested in teaching the fundamentals of Computer Science and Physical Computing using fun $30 robots. Our goal it to keep costs low enough so each person can purchase their own robot.
Our hardware is based an Arduino Nano that can be purchased on-line for under $5.
You will also need a chasis, a motor controller and two DC motors.
We use the standard Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which usese a variation of the C programming language. We use this since software since it is by far the most popular language for teaching Arduino and basic robotics.
This book also has a guide to help you build your own robot based on open standards and parts.