User Manual

Pololu 3pi robot on a 3/4" black

line.

Since the m3pi robot is an expansion of the 3pi robot, it also has

all the features of the 3pi robot:

• Max speed of around 100 cm/second

• Regulated motor voltage (performance is unaffected by

battery voltage)

• 5 reflectance sensors on underside of leading edge for

line following and maze solving

• 8×2 character LCD for debugging, feedback, and user

interfaces

• Piezo buzzer for simple sounds and music

Please see the 3pi robot product page [https://www.pololu.com/product/975] for a more comprehensive

description the 3pi’s features and 3pi resources (user’s guide, projects, videos, etc).

The rest of this user’s guide will help you get started with your m3pi robot or expansion kit.

1.a. Contacting Pololu

Thank you for your interest in the m3pi robot

[https://www.pololu.com/product/2151] or m3pi expansion kit for the

3pi robot [https://www.pololu.com/product/2152]. If you need

technical support for this product or have any feedback you

would like to share, you can contact us [https://www.pololu.com/

contact] directly or post on our forum [http://forum.pololu.com/

viewforum.php?f=29]. We would also be delighted to hear from you

about any of your projects and about your experience with the

m3pi robot. Tell us what we did well, what we could improve,

what you would like to see in the future, or anything else you

would like to say!

1.b. Included Components

The m3pi is available fully assembled with a 3pi robot base [https://www.pololu.com/product/2151] or as

an expansion kit for the 3pi robot [https://www.pololu.com/product/2152].

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