I was really surprised by the detail and the quality of the installation instructions. When assembling I recommend you find a smooth (non carpeted) surface, low to the ground, aka not on a table, or have some sort of damper to keep little tiny parts that you will drop from bouncing off to who knows where. ![]() The sonar assembly was the hardest part of the whole thing, because of the little teeny tiny parts. I still just installed 2 on each side, because they were really really small and my old eyes and fat finger were having hard time with those screws. In the kit, there are 6 holes on each side, and you have two extra screws. In the instructions, it shows four holes on each side and you insert two screws on either side. The discrepancy I found was in how the servo motor bracket was attached to the sonar mount. In the whole thing, I think I only found one discrepancy, which in a kit this large, a kit this complicated, is kind of hard to believe. The instructions were really good and really clear. It took me a couple of hours to put it together. This is a great little kit for the robot curious. ![]() If you take it upon yourself to play around with Python, you can really get creative with the parts and components in this kit. There is a lot you can tinker with once you've completed the tutorial, and in the end, you have a Raspberry Pi Pico that you can pop off and use in a different project if you so choose. This is fine if you intend to focus on the hardware, and aren't really looking to walk away from this experience knowing a great deal about Python, but I would've liked to see more explanation for what is going on in the coding sequence. You learn how to use the coding interface (Thonny in this case), but 90% of the coding is copy and paste, or just loading the already-prepared code into the Pi. The one and only thing that I don't like about this kit, and many others like it, is that it is meant to be used to learn coding, yet very little coding is actually taught. The included phillips-head is a little narrow and you could strip out screw heads if you're not careful. The kit comes with everything you 'need' including tools, which are pretty good. I've done quite a few builds of my own, and these build instructions are super descriptive, and very clear. ![]() The instructions are really great, though it takes a minute or two to figure out where to start exactly. The acrylic is good quality, and the components are par for the course. This is definitely not a snap-together build, so be prepared to sort through different nuts, screws, standoffs and other tiny parts. Lots of different parts, and a wide array of hardware. This is a really fun and somewhat difficult build.
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