Photon
![A simple, small, white robot with two wheels, a black camera in its chest, and yellow glowing eyes and antenna ears.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/e8e436f691e2ae036b9517e05529020e11335a9b-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Photon is an educational robot for home or the classroom. It helps children learn problem-solving, programming, and other STEM-related skills.
- Creator
- Year
- 2017
- Country
- Poland 🇵🇱
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Photon has met German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polish president Andrzej Duda, and William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
![Four children on a school rug play with two Photon robots.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/4db29a8a96b62cb34bd6d397bd68ba50ac3604ae-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![A group of children look at a Photon robot as it moves through a simple obstacle course. A girl with a tablet is in the foreground.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/c236fa86e81af659cb9dddc5d285678381bf329a-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Specs
- Overview
Light, touch, sound, and obstacle detection. Photon to Photon communication. Three programming applications.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2017
- Website
- Width
- 17.2 cm
- Height
- 19 cm
- Length
- 17 cm
- Weight
- 0.69 kg
- Speed
- 1.5 km/h (max)
- Sensors
Head: Light and touch sensors. Body: time-of-flight laser sensor, sound sensor, accelerometer, rotary encoders, IR receivers.
- Actuators
Brushed DC motors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 2
- Materials
Polycarbonate, thermoplastic elastomer, ABS plastic
- Compute
Custom controller based on ARM-Cortex M3 microcontroller
- Software
Custom microcontroller software
- Power
2600-mAh lithium-ion battery, 8 hours of operation
- Cost
- $215