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The Line Tracing Car beside its retail box and the illustrated instruction manual, opened.
The assembled Line Tracing Car photographed against a plain white background.
A student at a classroom desk watching the assembled Line Tracing Car follow a loop of black tape.
The cover of the illustrated build guide that comes with the Line Tracing Car.
The Line Tracing Car retail box.

STEM Education Series

Line-Tracing Car Kit

$15.00

Build a car that drives itself! Assemble the wooden frame, wire the motors and sensors, and lay down a black tape track. Then, watch the car follow the line on its own.

Its sensors spot the line, and the control board steers to keep it on course. It is a real, hands-on look at how sensors help machines find their way, the same technology that moves goods through factories and distribution centers.

Design new tracks, test the sensors, and build problem-solving skills with every run.

Amount
Amount: Individual

The Big Idea

Sensors help machines detect and respond to their surroundings.

Ages
8+Adult supervision required.
  • Circuitry
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Problem Solving

Safety

  • Contains small parts. Not suitable for children under 8.
  • Gears and axles keep turning while the switch is on. Keep fingers and long hair clear.
  • Adult supervision required.
The assembled Line Tracing Car, cut out on a transparent background.

What’s in the Kit

  • All materials to build your own self-driving line-tracing car
  • Illustrated, step-by-step instructions

What you add

  • Nothing. Everything is included.

Real-world connection

Why a Car That Follows a Line?

In manufacturing plants and distribution centers, automated guided vehicles move goods along set paths with no driver at all. Instead, they rely on sensors, including light sensors, to stay on route with precision, safety, and efficiency.

The Line-Tracing Car works the same way on a smaller scale. Two sensors under the front detect the contrast between black tape and a light floor, and the control board steers the car back toward the line again and again. Change the track, and the car shows exactly where its sensors can and cannot follow.

Industrial engineers solve these same problems as automation improves efficiency, reduces waste, and strengthens the supply chain.

Delivery and logistics vehicles of the kind that use the routing and sensing this kit models.
A class pack of Line Tracing Cars being run by a group of students.

For classrooms

The Line-Tracing Car Kit is a great fit for classrooms, after-school programs, and camps. Each kit builds one car and arrives individually packaged with all materials and instructions included.

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