Longruner WiFi Robot Car Kit for Arduino, HD Camera Wireless WiFi arduino DS Robot Smart Car kit with Antenna, Obstacle Avoidance,Tracking

First, I received it a lot quicker than I thought which was great.The general assembly instructions were not that good. I watched a video which is in Chinese with English words on the screen which helped though the video has a circuit board that mine didn't come with, which might be for the one with the arm, and the wireless board looked different, single antenna instead of two like mine.Can't tell on the video how the mounting holes for their wireless board fit but the board mine came in I was only able to put in two screws on one side. May have to make something so I can screw all 4 holes in. I would put the Arduino on before the wireless board though. Couldn't get to screws with the wireless board in the way.Installing the IR distance and ultrasonic range sensor I relied more on the pictures than the instructions and as for using them the instructions are vague and the software where you inter the codes, the labels are in Chinese. I tried to put it in but they don't seem to work that I can tell.The tilt and pan camera mount was a bit hard to put together and have to actually cut some of the parts that came with the servos to screw to the plastic mounting parts. Looks like the servos they were using may not be available so they put in others. It works okay but the software is very touchy on moving the camera.The frame and tracks seem to be well built and sturdy. The motors seem to be pretty powerful. There is no mounting bracket or anything for the battery, you tie wrap it to the top of one of the bottom plates. Not that great. I will probably go back and put some padding between the battery and the frame as it does have kind of sharp edges. Found one part of the frame that had a sharp piece of metal sticking out on the underside, will have to take it off and file it down as that is a convenient location to pick up the robot.It looks like the Arduino code was on the CD but no Android code and the code for the wireless board doesn't seem to be available either. I found the SDK for the board but couldn't download it because I could not register for the site, didn't like any of my email addresses and it was a Chinese site too. The other seller of this robot has download links in the Q&A which helped.The PC software I couldn't use because you have to connect your WiFi connection directly to the car. I haven't seen any place to change the IP address to put it on my network and not sure that would work either. My Android phone I have to connect directly to the car so can't use it to connect to internet or anything while using it. The Android App is buggy and not user friendly in some areas. I really wish they would release it as open source so others could make it better and fix the problems. Also with the WiFi board software.It has been fun to play with but a bit expensive for the lack of good software to control it and modify it. Hardware seems good as well as the chassis except for the camera tilt and pan could be better. From what I read having chrome translate the Chinese website and notes in the code and other files their is no code available for the Android and Wireless board due to licensing or something. I could be wrong and I wish I could find it if it is available. The Arduino code seems to be just a small part of the system code to run it. I'm guessing that a lot of the code is run on the wireless card which runs as a WiFi router.If the instructions were better and the code for the software that runs the robot was available and open source it would be well worth the money to get it. I would have given it 4 stars if I could get the IR and Ultrasonic sensors working. 5 stars if they included all the code for it.I'm going to try and make a video on how to put it together if I have time. I'll post a link here if I do.Saint-tech has been as helpful as they can on getting my robot car to work. And it does work except for the mentioned sensors.Thanks,

All in all a nice little robot. However instructions are vauge. It is not a HD 720P camera 240P at best but it does as it should.

Building this robot car was a challenge, because of the interpretation of the documentation in Chinese with English subtitles. I was able to finish the car in 3 days, spending 3 hours per day. One warning the kit should come with 4 short nylon columns and 4 long nylon columns. Instead, it comes with 8 long columns. The short columns are needed to install the wifi on the underside of the vehicle. The long columns are incompatible with this as they interfere with the motors, All over it was a good experience and I would buy from this seller again.

This product came prompt, complete, and with all the necessary software. Working with the vendor has been a simple and worth while process. If you are interested in learning robotics this is an excellent way to start

The hardware is great. The instructions are lacking. It is difficult to figure out the assembly for the sensors and electronics. I am not patient enough to translate the notes and things from the websites. One website referenced in a PFD on the CD (copy.com) is no longer available. If I had to guess, that is where the source code used to be. Since I mainly bought this for the WiFi and chassis, I got my money's worth. If you want a fully functioning and easily assembled robot out of the box and don't expect to write your own code for it, I don't recommend this product. If you are doing what I am doing with it, writing my own code and using most of the hardware for other projects, than I totally recommend this product. I would have given it 4 or 5 stars if the source code was available and the instructions were more intuitive. Excellent learning tool if you want to play around with Arduino and are learning to or are already familiar with sketches. If you are an absolute novice, I don't recommend this product. There are far easier robot kits with clear and precise code examples and hardware support for less money. BOEbot is a great example.