Dagu Magician 2WD Robot Chassis

Home
Robot Chassis
Dagu Magician 2WD Robot Chassis

Dagu Magician 2WD Robot Chassis

RRP:

~~£16.50~~

Your Price:

£9.90 (inc Tax) ~~£13.75~~ £8.25 (exc Tax) (You save £6.60)

SKU:

DG007

Brand:

Dagu

Weight:

0.35 KGS

Rating:

( 6 product reviews )

Sorry but this item is currently unavailable.

Please check back at a later stage.

Product Description

Fantastic for beginners. This robot chassis acts as a great base for a small mobile robot.

Combine this kit with a controller board such as the Dagu Micro Magician V2 or Dagu Mini Driver Board, add batteries and optionally some sensors, and voila! You have a robot.

This kit contains a two wheeled chassis with geared motors and a 4xAA battery holder.

Features

2 plastic gear motors
2 plastic wheels with rubber tyres
Blue acrylic frame
Rear omniwheel for stability
4xAA battery holder

Useful Links

Manual

Motor Specification

Tutorial showing how to use the Magician 2WD robot chassis to build a robot that uses 'Bump Navigation'

Tutorial showing how to use this chassis to build a Raspberry Pi Camera Robot

Find Similar Products by Category

Robot Chassis

Product Reviews

OK robotic platform for the price

Posted by TB on 8th Sep 2015

Usable robotic platform, but has some problems.

The mounting hole for the motor in the axis of one of the wheels is off-center, making this wheel wobble, so the chassis by itself can't go in a strate line.

Don't place the battery pack in between the two blue plastic plates as instructed, because this makes it impossible to change the batteries without taking the chassis appart.
Good, but did not actually assemble

Posted by Unknown on 23rd Jan 2015

It seems that the upgrades to the robot were not quite fully thought out, nor did anyone actually try to put it together before selling the new and improved version. The screws supplied to secure the battery pack are incompatible with the new 4-battery pack. Even if they weren't the new castor wheel sits flush against the bottom of the lower level, but the battery pack's screws need to attach there... not quite thought through improvements, but otherwise I am very happy with it, and it does exactly what I bought it to do.
Motor to chassis arms weak - Prone to break.

Posted by Tom on 20th May 2014

The small plastic arms that fix the motors to the chassis are very thin and prone to break. One broke when I attached the first motor, and another snapped a couple of hours after the chassis was assembled.

The instructions supplied with this chassis were for an older model, but it wasn't difficult to figure out without correct instructions.
Cheap introduction to mobile robotics

Posted by 472863935 on 18th Feb 2014

The chassis is cheap, and provides space for a Raspberry Pi, breadboard, and battery packs. It is easy to assemble. With only two driving wheels, it is simple to control. The motors are not the most powerful on my tiled floors - particularly if you want to use rechargeable batteries. I replaced the battery pack with a 6-cell battery pack for NiMH cells.
The wheels were fine. I found that I could avoid dismantling the chassis to access the battery by using velcro strips to attach everything to the chassis.
Fun little toy but with some issues.

Posted by John Andre Gjerde on 17th Feb 2014

The build is very easy to complete, even for a 10 year old. The instructions are very clear. However, after it was completed, a few issues with design and build quality was discovered. The included battery pack is located in a very inaccessible spot. The whole thing needs to come apart to change the batteries. Also the wheels were very wobbly so that it was difficult to make the robot move in a near straight line. Overall a fun project but I don't expect too much in terms of control.

Response from Dawn Robotics:
Thank you for your comments. With regards to straight line issues, this can be resolved slightly by tuning the speeds of the motors (i.e. make one run a bit slower) but ultimately, this is a problem for any robot with dc motors but no encoders. We will hopefully soon stock a set of encoders that can be added to this chassis. Alternatively, a more advanced chassis, such as the Rover 5 chassis which comes with encoders can be used.
Simple, functional, flexible design

Posted by Unknown on 1st Jan 2014

The chassis is very manoeuvrable, with plenty of holes to mount accessories. For the price, teh chassis feels well built