{"id":17735,"date":"2017-10-26T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17735"},"modified":"2017-10-26T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:30:23","slug":"gopigo-3-from-dexter-industries-for-the-raspberry-pi-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17735","title":{"rendered":"GoPiGo 3 from Dexter Industries for the Raspberry Pi – a review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The GoPiGo 3 is the newest iteration of Dexter Industries<\/a>‘ robotics kit. The US-based company was kind enough to send me one over for review a few weeks ago and I’m pleased to say I’ve now put it together and tried everything out. So, here’s my review.\u00a0TL;DR: I can’t recommend it enough. Such a nice kit; so much added value. Buy it here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review<\/h2>\n

The hardware<\/h3>\n

The kit includes a two-part thick perspex chassis, motors, wheels, an AA battery pack and a special add-on board for the Pi which connects the Pi to everything else. And, oh yes, all the fixin’s and a screwdriver to put the kit together.<\/p>\n

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GoPiGo 3 contents<\/p><\/div>\n

The first thing I needed to do was to go the Dexter website and take a look at the assembly instructions<\/a>. I’m quite used, by now, to instructions being fairly sketchy for kits like this so imagine my surprise at the quality on display! These are clear instructions with\u00a0loads<\/strong> of photographs like the one below:<\/p>\n

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The folks at Dexter clearly spent a\u00a0lot\u00a0<\/strong>of time on these, getting them just right. I went wrong once in the process, but it was pretty obvious that I had so I could remedy the situation quickly. Occasionally, you have to look quite closely at the (very detailed) photographs, but that’s so much better than not having enough of them! The robot felt pleasingly solid once assembled.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at the components a bit more closely:<\/p>\n