Robotic Caterpillar The Robotic Caterpillar is a fun introductory robotic kit that comes unassembled so it is perfect for school or hobby projects. Minor soldering required. The Caterpillar is controlled by a powerful ATMEGA16 microcontroller that is programmable via open source tools in C. The robot comes with many example programs already written. Easily download them to the robot using the supplied USB interface and the RobotLoader software or write your own custom programs using the free open-source WinAVR software. 8 Degrees of freedom and I2C bus expandable Moves like a caterpillar on the floor and retreats when objects touch the antenna sensor Rights itself using the tilt sensor when the caterpillar falls over Antenna LEDs change color when making contact with objects IR receiver allows for control with a universal remote (not included)