New Arduino Robot Available

Arduino has released its latest son the arduino robot. With two processors, the robot has a Motor Board and a Control Board. Both can be programmed using the Arduino IDE and are based on the ATmega32u4.

Both processors have built-in USB communication, allowing the Robot to appear as a virtual (CDC) serial / COM port on the computer.

Again, every element of the platform – hardware, software and documentation is available for free.

Here are the specifications of the control board from the Arduino website:

Control Board Summary

Microcontroller	ATmega32u4
Operating Voltage	5V
Input Voltage	5V through flat cable
Digital I/O Pins	5
PWM Channels	6
Analog Input Channels	4 (of the Digital I/O pins)
Analog Input Channels (multiplexed)	8
DC Current per I/O Pin	40 mA
Flash Memory	32 KB (ATmega32u4) of which 4 KB used by bootloader
SRAM	2.5 KB (ATmega32u4)
EEPROM (internal)	1 KB (ATmega32u4)
EEPROM (external)	512 Kbit (I2C)
Clock Speed	16 MHz
Keypad	5 keys
Knob	potentiomenter attached to analog pin
Full color LCD	over SPI communication
SD card reader	for FAT16 formatted cards
Speaker	8 Ohm
Digital Compass	provides deviation from the geographical north in degrees
I2C soldering ports	3
Prototyping areas	4