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ManufacturerIce9 Robotics (Ice Nine Limited)Robot model · No. 2

MONA

Mobile Robots (AMR) · Education & Training

CommercialUK

Key factLight sensing, colour sensing, ambient-light sensing and inter-robot communication modules · 45 g reported in later technical literature

Model details

Model specifications

Additional modulesLight sensing, colour sensing, ambient-light sensing and inter-robot communication modules

Approximate weight45 g reported in later technical literature

AvailabilityLimited / Enquire with manufacturer

CommunicationWireless/RF communication capability

ControllerATmega328 / Arduino-compatible architecture

Drive configurationIndependent left/right motor drive

HardwareOpen hardware

Locomotion2-wheel differential drive

Motor controlH-bridge motor drivers

Motors2 × geared DC motors

NationalityUnited Kingdom

PowerRechargeable Li-Po battery

ProgrammingArduino and other standard/open-source programming environments

Proximity sensorsInfrared proximity sensors

Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi Zero expansion module developed

ROSROS capability through expansion module

SoftwareOpen source

Wheel diameter~29 mm

Wheels2 × approximately 29 mm diameter

About the MONA

compact, low-cost, open-source autonomous mobile robot developed for robotics education and research. Its programmable differential-drive platform supports autonomous behaviours, proximity sensing and multi-robot coordination, making it particularly suitable for swarm robotics, autonomous-systems teaching, algorithm development and multi-agent research.

Typical applications: Education & Training, Research & Development, Laboratory Automation.

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