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After 20+hours of building (and rebuilding) the robot and trying to configure the boards (including many emails to Adeept) I reached a point where I am unable to complete lesson step 3.8 and Adeept is no longer responding to my emails. The build instructions are incomplete and required complete disassembly due to the boards being misaligned (had to improvise because of omissions in the instructions). Configuration of the robot (Lesson 3) is ~60 pages long and are outdated and missing files. You must have some level of experience working with command line operations or you will get nowhere with the configuration. Adeept will respond to ONE email a day and has no customer service support number. I recommend looking elsewhere for this type of purchase.

This is a very high quality kit for the price. The Adeept web site, under "Learn", has a section for raspberry pi just look for the RaspTank. The amount of instructions to download is a lot. There are a lot of photos for the assembly and sample code for running this from the web, GUI or mobile. I have built a kit of theirs in the past and the online instructions, all downloadable, are very comprehensive and you learn a lot. I highly recommend this kit for anyone wanting to get into a robotics project using raspberry pi.

I had initially rated this at 4 stars but dropping a star because there is little to no guidance on what to do if their instructions have issues being completed. BTW, I am using a Raspberry Pi 4b. I have had a lot of issues with their instructions either being incorrect, having excessive steps that aren’t needed, or don’t execute as indicated in their Raspberry Pi System Setup in “Basic Courses: Lesson 3”. They do not give any options for work around and only that you should contact Adeept if you have any issues. This is supposed to be a hobbyist project but it has turned into an advanced project to setup. Unless you or the person you are gifting it to has experience with RaspberryPi setup, advanced Linux use, and experience with Python coding language, try a different product, unless you want to dive into learning all 3. Then this is the product for you. Luckily I have experience with all 3 so I am able to create workarounds since almost many parts of the Lesson 3 Installing and Configuring Raspberry Pi System don’t work as printed. One additional recommendation. If you do purchase this, there are many very thin acrylic pieces that mount to 4 of the 5 servo motors. All of the pieces come covered in a protective, sticky paper for transport, which you need to remove during the actual build of the tank. Leave the paper on these very small pieces. They don’t show as they are covered with other pieces. This way, the paper on both sides provides extra stability for these pierces and they won’t break as easily. FYI.

I like the assembly process and it makes a great gift. I am not sure why the claw will not grab, I can open the claw by hand and it will close. I used the program that came with it.

I am an electrical Engineer. I only say this because I. Am over careful when dealing with projects and order of part install. I have no choice but to review. Parts have come. Cracked. I also don’t get the batteries for the tank !! Please help me fix this this. Love the products. Dislike this handling of the product Rasp Tank. Brocken prices and no batteries ?!? What ? Who QC”s this from the 3D printer? Very disappointed

I got this, first as an educational tool to learn about robotics; but I have a specific use for it once it’s built: I need to run a bunch of Cat-5 wiring in my crawl space; and I’d prefer not to crawl on my belly through the dirt to do it. I intend to use it to pull wiring to all corners of my house while I sit in the chair with a remote. The gripper will help grab wires as I drop them, and carry the where I need them to go. This is going to be a big help. I just have to build it first.

Sadly I am going to give this a 1.5 to 2 stars. Personal think it's great but has a ton of small issues. Issues 1 the code does not work out of the box. I'm highly technical and it was annoying I had to edit the code. Issue 2 my panels broke way to easy. I didn't even have it running and I broke 4 pieces even the thick ones. Lucky I have 3D printers, but that's not the point. It's a little weird they designed the tank so compact, there is little room for the wires have fun!!! Some of parts labeled on the pdf were wrong and non matching. The big issue is, the code doesn't work... Secondly the plastic breaks to easy I had the tank tip over just to the left no drop or all and a wheel holder broke. My 2 cents 3D print something like it but a little bigger and more space. If everything worked 100% I would at least gave a 4/5 Debating returning or fixing it.....

Missing parts and motherbord