Hello,
I am hoping to compete in my local robotics competition. While I have worked with arduino before, I am primarily a coder and have limited experience with hardware/circuitry. I am currently using this robot as inspiration. As you can see, there are a lot of moving parts. For my project I am hoping to increase the functionality and use this chassis, or a similar one with 4 separate 9V DC motors. I also hope to control another DC motor for the sorting mechanism and for the 3 servos for a "claw". Additionally I would ideally like to control a stepper for a lifting mechanism.
My concern is how I would go about controlling all of these motors simultaneously. I have both an arduino uno and mega, but most motor drivers I have seen are only capable of controlling a maximum of 4 motors simultaneously and they're usually of the same kind. I also don't know how I would go about powering all of these motors.
Is this project feasible on a single arduino controller? Any suggestions on potential motor drivers or where I can find more information on controlling several motors at once would be appreciated.