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1. Very good for beginners

   Posted by Unknown on 22nd Sep 2015

   Very easy to assemble. All the documentations is simple to understand.

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2. Nice robot chassi

   Posted by Ulf P on 22nd Aug 2015

   Easy to assemble. Good instructions.

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3. im beginner on this

   Posted by philippe siguret on 17th Jul 2015

   this robot kit is great for beginner , i truly believe yes,
   but for be honest ,i have one note to do
   1) the plastic is not really strong,be carefull.....really
   for the rest no problem just be crefull for the position of motor,(up/sidedown), everything is fine if you are beginner, FOLLOW INSTRUCTION,else.......
   
   great kit
   
   

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4. Review update

   Posted by Kevin on 17th Apr 2015

   Its only right that I update my review following my experience with this little robot. The initial difficulties are problematic but if you can get over that and use the forum to move forward step by step as I did you will end up with a working unit. The help provided was accurate, given with patience and without the usual tech superiority often found. This assistance enabled my to get it sorted without feeling that it was being done for me, in other words I learned from the experience. Definitely worth the effort!

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5. Poor help available

   Posted by kevin on 13th Apr 2015

   Looks good. The building is easy enough although the instructions are ambiguous and unmarked at times. Needs a bit of guess work.
   However despite buying the recommended Wifi dongle and buying the installed SD card, mine didn't work at all. You have to start trawling th forum for help and there's a lot of people looking for help which says it all really. Now have a dead kit.
   
   Response from Dawn Robotics (13th Apr 2015):
   Sorry to hear you're having problems with the kit. I've just seen your post in the forums and replied, so hopefully we can sort out the problem (http://forum.dawnrobotics.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1348).
   
   For anybody else who encounters issues, please post in the forum or send a message using the 'Contact Us' page. We need to manually approve posts on the forum so thay can take a while to show up, but in general we do try to respond as quickly as possible.
   
   The most common problem with the robot is the power supply (i.e. if non-rechargeable rather than rechargeable batteries are used). There can very occasionally be problems with the supplied hardware in which case we'll replace ASAP.

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6. Lots of fun!

   Posted by Leith on 8th Apr 2015

   This is providing lots of fun and learning for myself and my 7 year old boy :) Excellent!

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7. fun bundle

   Posted by gui cardona on 10th Feb 2015

   if you choose all the extras ,build it , power on , wait few minuts at first time and is ready to go.
   aweosome plataform to learn the raspberry pi world :)
   

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8. Excellent kit

   Posted by Geoff on 17th Jan 2015

   Mechanically everything went together OK, the instructions are not the easiest in the world but to be honest that was part of the fun. I had one problem regarding the lead from the Pi to the Mini Driver which was quickly and efficiently sorted by contacting the company using the support email.
   The software works as advertised but again I would prefer a little more documentation. I want to use this as a first step in building a more powerful robot and so working out how to transfer the code from a mini driver to an arduino mega is proving to be difficult. This is not a fault with the kit which works perfectly, the code is well crafted but hard for a newbie to get to grips with.
   I am a very satisfied customer even with the minor gripes.

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9. Good kit, easy to get going, but fiddly

   Posted by Neil on 31st Dec 2014

   Bought this for an 11 year old, however the kit parts are very fiddly and small, meaning I had to assemble much of it. There isn't much assembly, as a plus, but what there is involves small screws, small nuts and bolts, and awkward placement in some cases.
   On the positive side, it's excellent that once built it "just works (tm)" - a great introduction to robotics, and plenty of scope to improve or enhance the basic product.
   
   Some specific comments on the build:
   1. Pan/Tilt - I missed one of the screws on the pan motor because the diagram wasn't clear that it should be screwed through from the other side of the bracket. This meant that the head kept falling off :) Now fixed of course. The other issue is that the wires coming out of the pan motor are exactly in line with the hex spacer meaning you cannot fit it precisely in line with the mounting hole at the top of the motor. I had to offset it just enough to allow the wire out, and then use a washer to grip the flange on the motor around the original screw hole.
   
   2. The new castor replacing the back wheel - wasn't clear it did not need spacers (although it is mentioned somewhere in the blog comments). Became obvious quite quickly that the spacers provided weren't needed however, but this did mean some disassembly to get rid of them.
   
   3. The 6 cell battery holder slides back and forward due to the (quite rapid) movement of the robot. Had to stick it down with some blu tack to prevent tipping over due to the weight shift.
   
   Next steps?
   1. Probably will change the wifi config to join our network, since it will be mainly used at home, and that will make connectivity easier.
   2. Make some improvements to the web pages - this will be a nice exercise for the 11yo :)
   3. Figure out if we can get finer control over the motors, it's quite rapid and jerky out of the box.

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10. Great fun and really fast

    Posted by Adrian Greenhalgh on 27th Dec 2014

    Built the kit. Worked first time.Bought all the options including the Power Bank.
    
    Only modification I had to make was extra support to lift the power bank off the wheels.

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