MOBILE ROBOTS / AI EXPLORER

AtlasAn explorer, built around your questions.

Atlas combines differential drive, a camera, range sensing and wheel encoders. Start with its obstacle-avoidance code, then change the environment, the payload or the power system and observe how the modeled robot responds.

Build with Atlas Explore the design

Includes assembly, starter wiring and executable virtual JavaScript.

ASSEMBLY PREVIEW/ROVER

Atlas · AI explorer concept illustration; the 3D preview uses the actual preset geometry

Static illustration · loading 3D

Orbit the actual starter assembly. Open the workbench to edit or run it.

19components

43starter connections

1.38 kgestimated component mass

Virtual controller + AIcontrol platform

Atlas · AI explorer, an illustrated mobile robots assembly

Concept illustration · inspect actual geometry above.

A COMPLETE STARTING POINT

Get to know
what's inside.

Differential drive, camera, range sensor and wheel encoders. All 19 components and 43 starter connections remain editable in your own project.

Mobile roboticsObstacle avoidanceAI control experiments

View the included component types

Rover chassis
2S battery · 2.2 Ah
5 V buck regulator
Robot controller
AI compute module
Emoji OLED display
MEMS microphone
Mini speaker
Dual H-bridge
Geared DC motor · 35:1
Rubber wheel · 90 mm
Ball caster
RGB camera
Forward range sensor
6-axis IMU
Wheel encoder

YOUR FIRST THREE EXPERIMENTS

Build understanding.
One change at a time.

Use the starting assembly to ask better questions about your design. Save a copy, change a parameter and compare what happens.

Inspect the design

Run the supplied range-based avoidance controller in the obstacle environment.

Try a change

Compare battery voltage, motor current and wheel motion as payload or friction changes.

Compare and learn

Preview bounded drive actions from an AI model before applying them to the simulation.

rover-classic.jsVIRTUAL API

function step(robot) {
  robot.drive(0, 0);
  if (robot.brownout || robot.battery.voltage < 6.25) { robot.display('🪫'); return; }
  const range = robot.sensors.range;
  if (!Number.isFinite(range)) { robot.display('⚠️'); return; }
  const obstacle = range < 0.65;
  robot.drive(obstacle ? -0.3 : 0.6, obstacle ? 0.35 : 0.6);
  robot.display(obstacle ? '🤔' : '😊');
}

The full, editable starter script is included in the workbench.

KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TESTING