Hi, FTC competitions use REV Control hub. Control Hub - REV Robotics
Its very expensive and we want the kids to build something similar to this control hub and then connect it to the robot and learn fundamentals at a affordable price.
What would be the Arduino parts that we need to but to make our own control hub,
Hm, not sure, what you are aiming for.
If you want a device with the same specs, it not seems to be an Arduino topic for me. They are talking of Andriod OS. And all this features to ruggadize this hardware (ESD, reverse polarity, ...) is a topic of electronics around the controller.
If you want to have a start into some lightwight robotic experiments, any arduino is working for the beginning. Which is a right one, is a question of the robotic requirements.
What robot? There is a very wide range of things that can be classed as a robot.
If you just want to move wheels, arms etc with motors or servos then most Arduinos would do. However, if you want do image recognition and things like machine learning then you want need something quite powerful.
If you need to run Java, then that needs a lot of resources too.
Also, if you use off the shelf Arduinos in a class or field setting, budget for replacements.
Although discontinued, the official Arduino robot gives some idea what can be controlled with a typical Arduino CPU https://docs.arduino.cc/retired/other/arduino-robot/
Thank you for the reply. We want to program mecannum wheels, arms with (servos) and some sensors.
I want to find the correct Arduino chip that can interact with these (wheels and arms) and which we can program.
What type of language does Arduino chips use?
Just about any Arduino can do what you want as long as it has enough GPIO pins to control the external devices. How many pins do you need ?
Arduino boards are generally programmed in C++ although some can also be programmed in a limited version of Python
I am looking at this, Most Popular — Arduino Online Shop; Can you give me some guidance on which board to choose.
I will need at least 6 ports/ pins (4 for the motors with wheels) and 2 for servos (arms).
Please post a link to the product page for the motor driver you are using.
Arduinos cannot power or directly control any motors, nor can they power servos. A separate power supply is required.
Example:
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