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I remember having the same problem even though I did the sequence on page 59. I then backed off the gripper a little (gear tooth ?) and it got happy. It does not take much extra pressure for the servo to be unhappy and start protesting by buzzing.

You may have to wait (like me (or us)) for a couple of weeks while Kevin and Nona play catch up with shipping 600 units. Then Kevin can focus back on the software and documentation aspect.

If the your Spirit Rover demo performs like it does in the youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnGBNoFt7Ok Then I would say the robot it wired correctly. What I did find out is that it will go into confused mode in light seeking mode continually backing up if the surface you have the Rover...

I am guessing that Kevin has a plan down the road for having Bluetooth and Wifi duplicated on the Arduino control board. I believe it is so we do not have to be tied to the Raspberry PI 3 board down the road and still have those functions as well as Xbee/ZigBee. The campaign page eludes to some func...

I am not sure a separate WiFi is really needed. The Raspberry PI 3 already has WiFi built in so in theory that could be used. There is a picture of the other WiFi installed on the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plumgeek/spirit-rover-learn-raspberry-pi-and-arduino-the-fu/descript...

For those that are reading my previous question about charging Plum Geek wrote on the Kickstarter comment section : "Thomas - I must not have mentioned it (I'll have it in the full instructions for sure) but the robot recharges off of USB. Just plug a USB cable into the port and you'll see the ...

Although I am having fun with my assembled Spirit Rover there is one big important thing missing from the kit. That would be a power supply to recharge the battery. It is not on the bill of materials and not mentioned at all in the manual. Once the battery drains the fun stops. I guess that makes ou...

I am in the middle of my build. These parts are tiny. Having the right tools help. Suggest using a plastic coffee can lid , plastic shoe box lid or something along these line to corral the tiny screws. Using a Craftsman 41676 PH000x40 Phillips screw driver from a set of Craftsman 12-pc Micro-tech Ex...

I think what you are looking for is called a "Jewelers Precision Screwdriver Set" https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-66-039-Jewelers-Precision-Screwdriver/dp/B00002X29G Sometimes they are called just "Precision Screwdriver Set" https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-10-Piece-Precision-Screw...