Build an Obstacle-Avoiding RC Robot Car with Arduino
Learn to build a fully functional obstacle-avoiding RC robot car using Arduino, sensors, and motor control from the ground up. Perfect for robotics beginners and educators seeking hands-on embedded systems experience.
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What you'll learn— skills you'll gain
- Identify and source all necessary hardware components for building an obstacle-avoiding robot car
- Assemble a 4-wheel robot car chassis with motors and mechanical components
- Configure and attach motor driver shields to Arduino boards for multi-motor control
- Write Arduino code to control single and multiple DC motors with directional movement
- Create reusable functions for forward, backward, left-turn, and right-turn movements
- Integrate ultrasonic sensors for distance measurement and obstacle detection
- Control servo motors for pan-and-tilt mechanisms using Arduino
- Implement autonomous navigation logic combining sensor input with motor control
Course content
VIDEO file: 12.1 Components Overview.mp4
VIDEO file: 12.2 Car Kit Assembly.mp4
VIDEO file: 12.3 1-Motor Control With Motor Shield.mp4
VIDEO file: 12.4 4-Motor Control With Motor Shield.mp4
VIDEO file: 12.5 Motor Movement Functions.mp4
VIDEO file: 12.6 Motor Movement In All Directions.mp4
VIDEO file: 12.7 Look Left & Right.mp4
About this course
This hands-on robotics course teaches you how to build a fully functional obstacle-avoiding RC robot car from scratch using Arduino and readily available hardware components. You'll start by understanding all the essential components—including the Arduino Uno microcontroller, motor driver shield, ultrasonic sensor, Bluetooth module, and servo motors—then progress through assembly, motor control, and autonomous navigation. Through practical video lessons, you'll learn how to write efficient Arduino code, control multiple motors simultaneously, implement directional movement functions, and integrate sensor-based obstacle detection with a pan-and-tilt mechanism. By the end of this course, you'll have built a complete working robot car capable of autonomous movement, left-right scanning, and obstacle avoidance. This course is ideal for beginners interested in robotics, embedded systems, and IoT, as well as educators looking to introduce students to practical electronics and programming concepts.
Meet your instructor
AI Agents & GenAI Mentor | AI Coach to 300K+ | Founder @GetSetCode | Ex-OpenAI UC Dev
Hello, I am Arbaz Khan, a Computer Science Engineer. I have experience in IoT, Python, Data Science, and learning New Technologies. Also, I am good at C, C++, JAVA. I love to Automate things like Home Automation and other tasks using Python Programming Language. I'm also running my own startup named GetSetCode were We are working on innovative real-time projects related to AI, ML, IOT, Automation, and Robotics.