The Micromelon Rover
Long battery life, tough, and packed with sensors to make a great classroom tool. Connect and run code in seconds.
Explore What’s Possible with the Micromelon Rover
Maze Solving
Program the rover to solve the maze. Use your ultrasonic and IR sensors to detect the walls and find the path to success.
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Balance Challenges
The accelerometer and gyroscope are how the rover senses movement. Use these sensors with maths and physics concepts to teach the rover to balance.
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Driving Practice
Design and code an algorithm that uses all of the sensors to drive a course while watching for road markings, turning signs, and other robot drivers.
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Sumo
Use a combination of sensors to create a program to push opponents out of the arena. Raise the stakes with 3D printed attachments.
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Line Following
Learn the basics of branching and loops by coding the rover to use its colour sensors to detect and follow the line.
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Explore These Activities And Many More
Micromelon has written a library of curriculum compliant digital technologies lessons and other useful content and articles. Find breakdowns of the activities mentioned above and many more on our resources page.
Use 3D Printing to go further!
Out of the box Micromelon Rovers are full of sensors and tools catering for all skill levels. For more advanced exercises, students can design and 3D print their own clip on extensions for the rover. Alternatively Micromelon has a range of print-ready attachments.
See all the free attachments on the Thingiverse and Printables you can print yourself.
Easy To Manage
Rover class sets come in a hard carry case with included charging dock. All ten robots can be charged at once from a single outlet.
Add Your Own Electronics
Rovers have built-in expansion headers compatible with a range of 3rd party electronics including Raspberry Pi, Arduino and other sensors. You can integrate equipment you are already familiar with and complete even more complex challenges. Or take control of the rover and learn to program in a new language!
Rover Tech Specs
Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
3x Colour
Sensors
3 Axis Accelerometer
2x IR Distance Sensors
3 Axis
Gyroscope
2x Motorised Tracks
2x Servo Motor Connectors
Universal Expansion Header
Battery voltage & current sensor
Rechargeable Battery
Curious How To Program The Rover?
The best thing about the Rover is how easy it is to program. Use blocks and text at the same time with our Code Editor.
