Introducing BoxBot, a compact robot chassis designed for the Arduino (or any controller that will fit). This kit comes complete with everything you need (excluding simple tools) to construct a fully featured roving robot! Out of the box you can be up and running with the free code examples found in the ‘code & projects’ section in as little as 2hrs. No messy glue, soldering or cutting needed. Simply bolt the kit together, connect up the boards and you are up and running!

All BotBuilder bot kits are designed so you can easly modify them. Need to mount some sensor or attachment? See our range of accessories, or make your own. The bots are made from 3mm acrylic making them easy to drill more mounts to add new attachments. Famcy a grabber on the front, simple - use a blank sensor bar, drill a few holes and there you go - easily done. We added a grabber to a BoxBot that also goes up and down, see it in the code & projects section.

We hope that you find the BoxBot a fun and easy way to experiment with your robot ideas, the only limit is your imagination!

To see how easy it is to build the kit, have a look at the instructions here

Interested in how BoxBot was designed and manufactured?

An overview about how the robot was conceived, designed then manufactured, read the story here

What our customers are saying about this bot:

“We are having tons of fun with it: my son (12) and father (64) built it together. My 12-year-old mostly built the whole thing himself. And he's not even a native speaker of English, so your manual is really really good.”

“I thoroughly enjoyed building the kit and re-invigorating my interest in tinkering with electronics. It also engaged my 4 year old Daughter who is really interested and helps (even if it is only finding the right colour jump wires). ”

“In summary it is a great fun kit, I am really looking forward to getting to grips with the programming. I may have just developed a new hobby ”

Features:

• Lasercut chassis
• Bolt together assembly
• Mountings for a range of BotBuilder sensors & accessories
• Easily modified to create your perfect robot experimental base
• Space for AAA batteries in a 6v configuration plus PP3 9v
• Prototyping breadboard for easy experimentation.

Comes complete with:

• All fixings and fittings
• Breadboard for prototyping
• Battery holders and power plugs
• Full instructions

Items you will need:

• Jump wires for prototyping on the breadboard
• Basic tools, screwdriver and pliers.
• 4x AAA batteries
• 1x PP3 9v battery (Rectangular type)

The BoxBot is pre-drilled for mounting an Arduino (Duemilanove, Diecimila and similar clones). Should you wish to mount a different controller such as a BASIC Stamp etc you can easily drill more holes.

For more information on the Arduino platform click here.

If you would like an Arduino included in your kit, please select it below.

20 BoxBots being built for a swarmbot event in the UK