Speed! Cunning! Moving freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine!
Okay, not the kind of language that leaps to mind when we’re talking about Arduino and homemade robots, but I had to choose a cool name for my Arduino-powered vehicle. The Greek gods had awesome names, and of all the gods that I know of, Hermes was the most…movey.
Not long after playing around with the parts included in the Osooyoo UNO kit I began to ponder how I could make something that could roam the house and pester my wife and daughter, so naturally motors and wheels became the order of the day.
MOTORS & SHIELDS
The Arduino team have produced something called a Motor Shield. A “shield” is an add-on board that sits squarely above an Arduino board and passes through all of the digital and analog headers while providing additional functionality. By adding the Motor Shield to my UNO, I was able to easily attach the two 3V motors included with a Tamiya Double Gearbox which can be controlled via software.
