Great for quickly zipping around indoor environments, track and wheel robotic kits are also well suited for rugged terrain and outdoor navigation.

- Enhanced mobility
- Higher payload capacity for expansion
- Allows use of encoders for navigation

Robotics Connection Robot Kits
The Robotics Connection product line is based around their Serializer .NET Robot Controller, the most robust PC based controller on the market. Serializer is the choice for Computer Programmers that want to quickly dive into the world of robotics, and the Stinger and Traxster robots provide rugged platforms perfectly suited for getting started.

Surveyor SRV-1
The Surveyor SRV-1 is a compact mobile robotic platform that combines a simple track-driven base with a digital video camera, WiFi communication, and a powerful Blackfin processor board. It can be controlled wirelessly from a base computer. This robot is an amazingly versatile platform perfect for the advanced hobbyist or swarm robotics project.

Parallax Scribbler Robot
Perfect for beginners age 8 and up, this Scribbler Robot comes fully assembled including a built-in microcontroller brain. It arrives pre-programmed with eight demo modes, including light-seeking, object detection, object avoidance, line-following, and more.

Parallax BOE Bot Kit
The very popular BOE Bot kit is an excellent wheeled platform to start programming microcontrollers with. Parallax has been making educational robotics kits since 1998. Their line of robots based around their BASIC Stamp is world famous in robotics circles.

Parallax SumoBots
The SumoBot is a competition-ready robot designed within the Northwest Robot Mini-Sumo Tournament rules. This robot can locate and knock its opponent out of the ring while detecting the outside circle should an escape move be necessary.

Pololu 3pi Robot
The Pololu 3pi Robot is a high-performance mobile platform featuring two micro metal gearmotors, five reflectance sensors, an 8×2 character LCD, a buzzer, and pushbuttons, all connected to a C-programmable ATmega168 microcontroller.

Solarbotics Robot Kits
Solarbotics concentrates on small basic robot kits that are great for beginners. Their kits come with very thorough documentation with lots of pictures to make sure that customers have a fun time building their robots.

Lynxmotion Johnny 5 Robot Kit
The Lynxmotion Johnny 5 Robot Kit is a very cool and completely functional model of the ever popular movie robot. The kit provides a versatile base for advanced rover projects designed for indoor or outdoor use and performs well on many different surfaces.