Build Your First Mobile Robot

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Build Your First Mobile Robot

Design and assemble a beginner two-wheel mobile robot with motors, a controller, and basic movement programming.

Open beginner-robot-builds In person + guided practice Beginner 8 modules
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Build • Wire • Program • Test

Build Your First Mobile Robot is a mentor-led Build & Learn robotics project. Participants design, assemble, program, test, document, and present a working robotic system.

Project outcomes

  • Plan the robot and identify system requirements.
  • Integrate the required mechanical, electrical, and software components.
  • Test performance, troubleshoot problems, and improve the design.
  • Document the build and demonstrate the completed robotics project.
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America/New_York

Duration

18 guided hours

10–14 hours independent practice

Completion

Working two-wheel mobile robot demonstration

Build documentation and source code

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Choose the chapter, country, location, and schedule that work for you. Course lessons and learning content remain the same for every session.

Course content

Follow 8 modules and 32 lessons from fundamentals to final demonstration.

Explain the mechanical, electrical, and software subsystems of a mobile robot.
Assemble a stable two-wheel robot chassis.
Wire a controller, motor driver, motors, and battery safely.
Program forward, reverse, turning, rotation, and stopping behaviors.
Control motor speed using pulse-width modulation.
Calibrate the robot for more consistent movement.
Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and software faults systematically.
Document and demonstrate a complete mobile robot project.

Two-Wheel Mobile Robot Challenge

Build and demonstrate a two-wheel mobile robot that moves forward, reverses, turns left, turns right, rotates, stops safely, and completes a programmed movement sequence.

Required evidence: Working robot, commented source code, wiring diagram, parts list, build photographs, calibration results, final test results, and a short technical reflection.