Congratulations on getting started with your Piper Make Robotics Expedition Kit! As a part of your kit, you'll be building the Rover, the motorized omnidirectional vehicle Piperbot and Pip will be using to make their great escape from the angry Zomars.

You may have already opened up your kit and found your blueprint! If not, here's a digital version of it to go ahead and take a look.

First let's take a look at the different pieces you've got in your Rover kit. In addition to the wood pieces, you'll find a bunch of screws and nuts in a hardware bag and two bags with two plastic wheels that correspond to the FS190R servo motors. This is what you should see:

There are a bunch of screws and nuts you'll find in a hardware bag in your kit. Along with two small silver screws that you'll find in the bag with the wheels and tires, these are your hardware inventory.

You'll also need jumper wires, resistors, and your Raspberry Pi Pico on the breadboard from your Piper Make Starter Kit. Keep in mind there are two types of jumper wires (male-to-male, abbreviated M2M and female-to-male, abbreviated F2M) in your kit. Together, all of these parts will make up your electronics inventory.

In Step 1 on your blueprint, you will be attaching your servo motor and wheels to the Rover base. A critical part of this process includes centering the motors (to make sure they are running as expected) which you will need to use Piper Make to code. Follow the steps as shown:

Let's walk through how this process should look:

In Step 2 on your blueprint, you will assembling the back nose of the Rover. Important notes: remove the ball from the holder before screwing in the assembly and only use one of the small circular spacers otherwise you won't be able to insert the screws all the way through.