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The media could not be loaded. I loved everything about this kit. Please realize before you buy that this is not a robot toy; this is a robotics platform for Arduino or Raspberry Pi. I would not recommend this as a starting place in robotics or programming. No one is going to hold your hand here. But if you need a tracked vehicle with all the basic sensors to experiment with, this is the kit to buy!I'm an engineer so I loved the assembly part of it. Lots of pieces and good assembly instructions. The Yahboom website has the basic documentation and software to get the robot up and running with examples on using the sensors. It really was simple to go from a default install of Raspbian to having the tank rolling across the floor.One thing I always like to check before making any recommendations is the ease of working with customer service. I had a motor with a broken wire, a servo with stripped gears, and a standoff that was threaded incorrectly. Those motor wires are flimsy so be careful handling them, that servo failure is most likely my fault, and the standoff was no big deal I just wanted to see how hard it would be to get replacements. I emailed Yahboom's support and all they asked for was a picture of the broken parts. After I sent that they mailed me the parts. It was that simple. What a great company to work with and so highly recommended by me.

I really really wanted to like this product. I was excited and got it all assembled. The plastic pieces are pretty delicate so one of the pieces broke so I couldn't complete the assembly. I requested a replacement. Got the replacement and got the tank assembled.Downloaded the image from the Yahboom site multiple times and could not get it to work with my Raspberry Pi 4.I was on the text support with Amazon and they were not able to resolve my issue and referred me directly to Yahboom. This is where things went downhill.This is a China made product and the support is in China. They had me connect through WhatsApp. I tried to get them to communicate through the Amazon portal but they refused to do that. To finally connect with them, it took at least 2 weeks before I actually got someone.I finally told them that I have a 9 hour work day and also am a full time student so time is limited for me. I got home at 7pm and was on with China tech till 10pm. The remoted into my computer and did the same thing that I did 5 times before, downloading the image from their site and burning the image to the disk. They had me try to launch their image but it would not load. They even did a file transfer from their end to my computer and that image did not work either. I finally told them I have to go to bed and just to send me an image on disk.This was 1/5/22 when they agreed to send me the disk with their image. It finally came yesterday, 1/27/2022. I was hoping that it worked but nope. Same thing. Doesn't launch and doesn't connect with the phone app. I have another disk that loads the Raspberry Pi OS and it works perfectly so it's not the Pi.All they kept asking me to do while we were on the chat to:[10:08 PM, 1/4/2022] *******: I really have to go to bed now.[10:08 PM, 1/4/2022] *******: Can you send me the tf card with the image[10:09 PM, 1/4/2022] Yahboom- DolphinZhang: Ok. Ok[10:09 PM, 1/4/2022] Yahboom- DolphinZhang: After we send TF card, could you give us 5-star[10:10 PM, 1/4/2022] Yahboom- DolphinZhang: I have closed team views[10:10 PM, 1/4/2022] Yahboom- DolphinZhang: And we will arrange TF card to you[10:11 PM, 1/4/2022] *******: thank you. Once everything works fine then I'll do that.[10:11 PM, 1/4/2022] *******: As of now, tired and not happy with my experience[10:11 PM, 1/4/2022] *******: Thanks for your helpVery disappointed with this company and product. The big issue is that they do not speak English well and it seems like it's only 1 person doing the tech support. They were not able to resolve the issue and I don't get a sense that they care about their customers but just care about selling a bunch of machines and seeing which one sticks.

This was a nice project and I plan to learn more about the program. The build instructions were a little hard for me to follow. But there is a very good youtube build video that made the assembly process easy. There are a few things that I didn't find covered in any of the instructions or youtube. I don't normally load compressed files into my Android tablet. So the rar file that you download into your Android device will need a program to decompress the file. Also the operating system that you have to load into the raspberry pi card has to be loaded on to a memory card. You will need to use a program to load this onto the card, it is not a copy and past process.

This kit was definitely tricky to assemble - there are lots of little screws and parts. So keep a close inventory when you build it. I will say that for a hobby unit this thing rocks. They provide a plethora of documentation on their website with plenty of schematics and code snippets. I wrote my own server and didn't use theirs however. As mentioned, the raspberry pi is NOT included, but this kit can fit an Arduino, RPi, and some other microcontrollers, which is really great. Super "hacker" friendly.One of my tracks was too tight and required replacement. I will say that Yahboom's customer service was AMAZING and express shipped replacement tracks within two business days which was great. Overall this is a fun little unit, great for the price, super customizable, and great for intermediate/advanced hackers/hobbyists.

I'm impressed that the software worked on the very first try. This was a pretty fun build although a bit tricky at some points for those with bigger fingers. Fun little weekend project that comes with extra parts in case you lose some (which I did). Highly recommend. Pretty decent price as well!The treads could be better though; both the material and the way they attach to the body. Mine kept slipping off even after tightening the nuts that hold it together.

If you are new to this don't buy the one without the pi board. This product is inoperable without and you will end up having to purchase one. The build instructions are ok.