5 install the following software:
7 [openSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/downloads)
9 [fritzing](http://fritzing.org/download/)
11 [arduino ide](http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software)
15 [openSCAD tutorial](http://goo.gl/E3OQXc)
17 [assemble the hardware](http://goo.gl/EV0FCJ)
19 [wire and load code to the robot](http://goo.gl/srWpeI)
23 Most introductory robots are "dead-end" robots that
24 tend to strand people after they have the first
25 few robot behaviors are implemented -- obstacle avoid,
26 wall follow, line follow, don't fall off table, etc.
28 One of the primary goals of the challenge-bot is to try
29 to make it expandable from simple to more complex in
30 reasonable incremental steps.
32 The base is organized around 1-inch x 1-inch grid peg-board
33 which is readily available from locations such as Home
34 Depot, Lowes, and lumber stores.