Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
@Arduino's new Alvik robot platform is now available for purchase! Hackster's Alex Glow unboxes this clever little kit, which runs on an Arduino Nano ESP32 and also features an embedded STM32 Arm Cortex M4 on the chassis. Its many talents include color, light, and distance sensing, a six-axis gyroscope and accelerometer, and seven capacitive touch buttons. For outputs, you have two high-precision DC motors, plus tons of connectors for servos and I2C plug-and-play modules. And while it's plenty expressive on its own – with an RGB LED and an adorable little face! – the kit includes LEGO Technic and M3 screw connectors so you can make it your own.
Links:
// Hackster News article: hackster.io/news/arduino-education-unveils-alvik-an-arduino-nano-esp32-driven-micropython-robot-3bf70168f94c
// Official product page: store-usa.arduino.cc/products/alvik
// Education: arduino.cc/education/arduino-alvik
// Robotics with MicroPython course: courses.arduino.cc/explore-robotics-micropython
// API overview: docs.arduino.cc/tutorials/alvik/api-overview
// Arduino Nano ESP32 product page: store-usa.arduino.cc/products/nano-esp32
// Seeed Grove Vision AI module – official product page: seeedstudio.com/Grove-Vision-AI-Module-p-5457.html
// Seeed Grove Vision AI module – Newark promotion: newark.com/seeed-studio/114992866/vision-ai-module-arduino-board/dp/55AK3458
@Arduino's new Alvik robot platform is now available for purchase! Hackster's Alex Glow unboxes this clever little kit, which runs on an Arduino Nano ESP32 and also features an embedded STM32 Arm Cortex M4 on the chassis. Its many talents include color, light, and distance sensing, a six-axis gyroscope and accelerometer, and seven capacitive touch buttons. For outputs, you have two high-precision DC motors, plus tons of connectors for servos and I2C plug-and-play modules. And while it's plenty expressive on its own – with an RGB LED and an adorable little face! – the kit includes LEGO Technic and M3 screw connectors so you can make it your own.
Links:
// Hackster News article: hackster.io/news/arduino-education-unveils-alvik-an-arduino-nano-esp32-driven-micropython-robot-3bf70168f94c
// Official product page: store-usa.arduino.cc/products/alvik
// Education: arduino.cc/education/arduino-alvik
// Robotics with MicroPython course: courses.arduino.cc/explore-robotics-micropython
// API overview: docs.arduino.cc/tutorials/alvik/api-overview
// Arduino Nano ESP32 product page: store-usa.arduino.cc/products/nano-esp32
// Seeed Grove Vision AI module – official product page: seeedstudio.com/Grove-Vision-AI-Module-p-5457.html
// Seeed Grove Vision AI module – Newark promotion: newark.com/seeed-studio/114992866/vision-ai-module-arduino-board/dp/55AK3458
