Photon

A simple, small, white robot with two wheels, a black camera in its chest, and yellow glowing eyes and antenna ears.
Learn with me! Photo: Photon Entertainment

Photon is an educational robot for home or the classroom. It helps children learn problem-solving, programming, and other STEM-related skills.

Creator

Photon Entertainment

Year
2017
Country
Poland 🇵🇱
Categories
Features
Photon goes to school. Video: Photon Entertainment

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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.
Photons can communicate with each other. Photo: Photon Entertainment
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.
Follow the mats, Photon! Photo: Photon Entertainment

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