Guide

3 ROBOTICS ADVENTURE BOOK  SCOUTER MANUAL  STEM
Getting To Know Your Robot
The hardware used for the STEM Robots consists of an Arduino base platform with tracks, drive motors, a
microprocessor board, LEDs for signaling, and digital and analog input and output ports (“pins”).
The digital and analog input and output ports permit additional instrumentation to be added to the basic
unit functionality.
The additional instrumentation, in the case of the STEM Robots, consists of:
A “Proximity” detector: an infrared detector
B “Distance travelled” detectors: an encoder on each set of drive tracks
C & D “Signs of life” detectors: a hydrocarbon detector and a moisture detector
E “Detector operator”: a servo motor used to control the position of the moisture detector
A
D
C
B
Digital I/O Prototyping Area
“L” LED=
D13
LED Jumper
5V
Gnd
E