Zumo 32U4 Robot Kit (Assembled with 75:1 HP Motors)

The media could not be loaded.  Talk about a great package good quality and performance. I will be buying a compainion for this little guy soon. But will be buying the Arduino compatible kit Pololu sells on there website. Not that the 32U4 does not satisfy the geek in me. Of course I’m wanting to add more peripherals. But in my quest to do so if been informed it’s not quite as cut and paste with the 32U4 as I would like. As it’s documented well and I’ll get back to that later in this review. In order to add more peripherals u have to sacrifice some of the already integrated ones on this little guy. And cutting jumpers and such to add on other features is just not a option for me. It’s already a perfect specimen as is. So I will be assembling another one from ground up so I can add whatever peripherals I want without interfering with any existing ones. Will be a blank canvas as one would say. I have ordered a Pixy Smart Vision Sensor witch I thought would be a awesome addition to the Zumo 32U4 come to find out you may have to disable some of the exsisisting features to add new ones. Witch may not sound like a bad thing to some but for me it is. Only bad thing I have to say and it’s my fault for not reading further into the tons of information out there. Now let’s get back to the good because there is allot. The quality and performance of this robot are very high end. There is tons of documentation, example libraries, forums to get you up and running Pololu even has a blog and are found on every social network. Not to mention they have a strong community of Zumo enthusiasts out there that back Pololu up. Witch I think is important. Pololu has not slacked in that department as well. I can’t stand companies that design new products with 0 documentation or support for them. And it happens all to often. Can some one say tinkerboard. Lol. If you need a part for any bot they manufacture it’s all there just a click away. So if your new to the whole robotics world then this is definitely the place to start and if your looking to buy one of the Zumo’s and have plans to soup it up some more and add your own personal flare I suggest going for the kit or pre built Arduino v1.2 model. If you want something perfect the way it is out of the box get the 32U4 or just get both! I think the prices are reasonable for what your getting so won’t dent the bank account to bad. So this concludes my review of the Pololu Zumo 32U4. 👍🏽🤖A++++

Exactly as advertised, well packed and fast shipping <<< This portion of the review is for the RobotStore as vendor.For the product review >>> Before buying this robot; go to the Pololu website and study the resources. Go to Youtube and watch the videos. Now, you understand some of the capability of this robot. If you want a toy, pass. If you want a general purpose robot with lots of easy expansion possibilities, pass. However, if you want to study an example of a very carefully engineered robot then - buy away. This is a nice optimization of what can be done with a 32U4 and a carefully selected group of sensors, motors and Arduino software. Run the Zumo demos and study the code and libraries. Think about what Pololu wanted to do, did and how they did it. Now think about expanding and modifying the Zumo. There is a great deal to learn here.Also if you don't already have a copy get  Exploring Arduino: Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry  - Jeremy Blum's book will give you a rock solid Arduino background to appreciate what has been done here.

This little bot kicked ass in sumobot competition, with a few modifications it was able to successfully fight against bots twice it's size.

this mini is very helpful for teaching microprocessors and some programming routines, excellent robot