This is the place where our members can tell (or show) how their project(s) are going. Sharing the glory when lots of labour results in something that actually works, and comiserating over the bumps in the road that slow you down. Please send your updates to instructor@larc.ca .
Although it's not really a kit, my friend Andrew Mitchell, VA3WAM, and I have been working on small robots for years. The original project was a ball-bot, which is a cylindrical robot that balances on a ball like a bowling ball, and uses wheels that touch the ball to balance and move. We soon saw that this project was quite challenging, and we backed off to a segway like bot that looks like a cereal box with wheels on the bottom of the small sides. We've been saying that we're just about at the point where it can balance itself for about a year and a half.
Here's a quick summary of current activity:
Status: we're just about at the point where it can balance itself.
More details on github: https://github.com/va3wam/SBS-MARK2