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Arduinos are rad but you know what's more useful (and cheaper) than it? The esp8266. Personally I prefer the Wemos D1 Mini model.
More useful because it has WiFi on board, but it's essentially a mini Arduino. They can be programmed the same way as an Arduino.
There also more than a few open source firmware packages for smart home/IoT stuff like ESP Easy if you don't want to code.
Wemos D1 Mini from China is ~$2.50 per board. You hook up half a dozen sensors to it for a few bucks and flash it with ESP Easy - congrats you just made a custom WiFi multi-sensor for <$10.
I have about a dozen of them in my place and they work without fail. Everything reports it's info over MQTT.
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Hello :-)
You can get a 2wd car kit ($9 Aliexpress, $13 Amazon), a dual h-bridge motor driver ($1/$6), an ultrasonic distance sensor for obstacle avoiding ($0.70/$4), something like the TCRT5000 for line following (cents), an Arduino compatible (from $2/$8) and some cables.
Do you have prior experience? Parts? Do you have basic tools (soldering iron, breadboards, multimeter)?
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I just finished my bb8. Going to try another star wars droid. I really like these types of projects.
https://youtu.be/nhc2lbXDzbg
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I like to know about nearly all sensors, so that I can get some really cool ideas out of it. Anyone know all of them or any webpage where I can get to find them all.