FREENOVE Hexapod Robot Kit with Remote (Compatible with Arduino IDE), Walking Crawling Twisting, App Remote Control, Servo STEM Project

A well-designed robot kit with definite expansion potentialThis kit is based around an Arduino Mega-compatible board.It does require a separate purchase of batteries and a charger, I have found the BAK 18650 from nubattery.co.uk to be a good choice and they also sell chargers.The tutorial was easy to follow, but it did take me a few hours to complete the build.The PC app used software called "Processing" which I have not used before but it was easy to set up and worked well.The calibration, a very important step, was easy to carry out, using the PC app.The completed and calibrated robot is very pleasing and is easy to control from a phone or PC. I bought the version with a wireless remote also but I haven't actually tried this yet.The open-source code to control the movement of the robot is supplied.The result is a nice compact robot, but I am also interested in the expansion capabilities. The robot shield gives access to some digital and analogue pins and an i2c interface so it should be possible to add some extras. I hope to add a rotatable head with an led matrix display and an ultrasonic distance finder. Then I can create some code for it to wander about on its own.The assembly involves some quite fiddly screws and the code needs to be uploaded to the robot via the Arduino ide, but everything is clearly explained in the tutorial.I would recommend this kit for someone who initially wants to build a walking hexapod robot, but is also open to the idea of taking things a little further in future.I hope to share details of my upgrades on the “Freenove Robot Owners Group” on Facebook.

Kit is well made and clear instructions that are easy to follow, will take rather a long time to assemble, software all compiles, publishes and runs first time. I would recommend downloading the instructions ahead of time and see what involved and required. Website is good and everything available for download including links to both the integrated development environments for the software.Only frustration was the 144 tiny screws for the servos. I would recommend the kit with the remote control as it make controlling the Hexapod easier than paring a phone or table every time you want the robot and the remote can be reused for other projects from Freenove or others, only tested the mobile app on Android and this also works with other Freenove kits. Took about 8 hours fully assemble and test. Great kit, well made and packaged.

The whole kit feels well thought out with a lot of care taken to be clear with instructions, but of course these types of projects are prone to many errors creeping in, so this very much helps keep the process simpler.So far I have partially completed my hexapod, I have also had to contact support from Freenove and they have been more than helpful each time I contacted them.

The kit components are good quality, and the screws etc are well identified in their own bags. The instructions are very clear too, so all in all an enjoyable kit. Like some other reviewers, I would have preferred to use 18650 batteries as they are more common, but I didn't have any problems finding a supplier on eBay. One battery recommendation that I would make is to order flat top batteries which can easily be inserted and removed into the battery holder.

This is a really good kit. It goes together well and if you follow the instructions it all works. I was hoping that it would move fairly quickly but I’m not too disappointed. It does everything it should and has proved very useful as a learning tool for programming. All the n a great little kit.

Purchased this a month ago thinking it's a great project while in lockdown. However to even proceed past 1/4 of the way through you need a special type of battery that is no longer available. The size of the battery is another issue. If this kit was supplied with 18650 holders instead of tiny 14500 holders, you will actually have options of batteries to purchase to fk.n run this thing.None the less very disappointed with the time and money spent trying to continue with this project.Don't buy don't waste your time unless you have 14500 IMR batteries(they provide 8a current output, all currently listed batteries on any UK Web sode or ebay provide 1a current output and this cannot power the board at all)

The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Spares included for all fasteners, which is especially handy for the fiddly M2 screws. I had fun building this with my son. I think most older teenagers could successfully complete solo. NOTE do read the 'about battery' pdf before buying... saying from experience! The 2x batteries cost about £9 on top.

The materials received are lasercut from cheap unfinished materials - not as specified in the listening.