The Traxster II Robot Kit is new and improved! We refined the design of our very popular Traxster to be MUCH easier to assemble, have a more durable coating, and feature more useful holes to allow you to bolt on our Push Button I/O Board, I2C Line Following Sensor, Bluetooth/XBee Antenna, and more!

The Traxster Robot Kit was designed to be used as an indoor educational robotics kit. This readymade platform allows more time for enthusiasts to develop intelligent software (such as vision recognition or localization and mapping).

The Traxster features a very rugged, three-toned powder coated aluminum chassis & drive disks, driven by two DC gear head motors with built in Quadrature wheel encoders, running on a set of ABS injection molded tracks. All hardware is either aluminum or stainless steel.

The Traxster can easily maneuver through carpet and other types of flooring, as well as traverse over small obstacles. The Traxster's skid-steer drive tracks enables it to spin about it's center.

This is an excellent starter kit, which can grow as the user's expertise grows. You can start with this kit, and eventually add more powerful components such as a Serializer Robot Controller, an IR Panner, a CMUcam2/2+ Turret, and/or an ICOP eBox-4300.

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Movies

• Traxster Movie (AVI - 14.1MB)
• Traxster Movie (Quicktime - 3.5MB)

The Traxster II has the following features:

• Rugged, Lightweight, Agressive Design
• Powder Coated Three-Toned (orange, gray, black) Aluminum Components (chassis, belly pan, drive disks)
• DC Gearhead Motors
• Quadrature Wheel Encoders, wire leads, and 0.100" headers
• Predrilled holes for Servo (for Sharp IR Panner or CMUcam2/2+ Turret)
• Predrilled holes for I2C Line Following Sensor
• Predrilled holes for Push Button I/O, LED, Buzzer Board
• Predrilled holes for Bluetooth/XBee Antenna
• Predrilled holes for Serializer
• Predrilled holes for 5V Switching Voltage Regulator
• Predrilled holes for dual switches/wiring harness, and wire routing
• Predrilled holes for Sharp IR Sensor Mount hole in top/front of chassis
• Rear horizontal slots for mounting additiona accessories
• Fully enclosed chassis (removable belly ban)
• Carries two 9.6V batteries underneath the chassis with easy access

This Kit Includes the following parts:

• Powder Coated (Orange) Aluminum Chassis
• Powder Coated (Gray) Belly Pan
• Powder Coated (Black) Aluminum Drive Disks
• Aluminum Drive Hubs
• 7.2V DC gearhead motors:1:52 Gear Reduction, 160 rpm (no load),
  100 oz-in torque (output shaft)
• Quadrature Wheel Encoders, wire leads, and 0.100" header/connector
• Aluminum Rear Axles
• Stainless Steel Hardware
• Velcro Battery Straps
• One Wiring Harness

Assembly Guides

• Traxster II Assembly Manual (7.9MB PDF)
• Traxster 1 Assembly Manual (Deprecated) - Using New Motors with Built in Encoders (3.9MB PDF)
• Assembly Manual (Deprecated) - Using Old Motors and Optical Wheel Encoders (1.7MB PDF)

• Length: 9 inches (229 mm)
• Width: 8 inches (203 mm)
• Height: 3 inches (76 mm)
• Weight: 2.0 lbs. (32 ounces - Does not include batteries!)
• Ground Clearance: .75 inches (19 mm)

Example Applications:

Our Example Applications page contains a nice selection of example apps that leverage the Serializer Robot Controller. Be sure to check it out!

RoboRealm Vision Module

The guys at RoboRealm have an really awesome Vision based product with tutorials, that's FREE!

In addition, they have developed a module specifically for controlling the Traxster/Serializer. Be sure to check it out!