$69.99 (no Pi)Freenove store $69.99 and Amazon US $69.95 (September 2026). A Mecanum-wheel version (FNK0043B) is $74.99 on the Freenove store. Raspberry Pi, two 18650 Li-ion cells and a charger are not included. Year taken from the GitHub repo creation date (July 2019).
AvailableVia SSH / web / bridgeRaspberry PiPythonBudgetCamera4WD
≤ 1 weekShipping: 2–6 days (Amazon). Sold by Freenove and shipped from Amazon US, in stock in September 2026. Also sold on the Freenove web store. Amazon ↗
Remote control: A server program on the Pi accepts TCP commands over Wi-Fi, and the Freenove Python client runs on macOS or Windows for driving with live video. SSH and VNC also work.
Overview
A low-cost four-wheel Pi car with a pan-tilt camera, ultrasonic ranging, line and light sensors, and complete open Python code with a long step-by-step tutorial. It suits hobbyists and older students who want a cheap Pi rover for OpenCV and remote-video projects. The desktop client for Windows and macOS is a plus. It uses plain skid-steer TT-style motors without encoders and has no official ROS or LLM material.
Specifications
| Category | Wheeled rovers · Ready-made dev rovers |
|---|---|
| Released | 2019 |
| Country | China |
| Availability | Available |
| Programmability | Full SDK |
| Built-in autonomy | Reactive · Responds to its surroundings without a map, such as avoiding obstacles or following a person |
| LLM support | Possible via SDK · Open Python code on the Pi and a TCP command protocol give an LLM something to drive, but Freenove supplies no LLM lessons for this kit. |
| MuJoCo simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| NVIDIA Isaac simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| Gazebo simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| Best for | Ages 12+ (estimated) |
| Vision sensors | Camera, Sonar / ultrasonic |
| Actuators | DC / gear motors |
| Audio | Speaker |
| Compute type | Raspberry Pi |
| Remote control | Via SSH / web / bridge |
| Size | Not published |
| Drive | 4WD skid steer with 4 DC gear motors (Mecanum wheels on the FNK0043B version) |
| Compute | Raspberry Pi 5 / 4B / 3B+ / 3B / 3A+ recommended, Zero 2 W and older boards with extra parts (user-supplied) + Freenove car board with PCA9685 PWM and PCF8591 ADC chips |
| Vision | OV5647 Pi camera on a 2-servo pan-tilt, used for face tracking and video streaming |
| Lidar | None |
| Sensors | HC-SR04 ultrasonic, 3-channel IR line tracking, 2 photoresistors (light tracing), battery voltage sensing, 8 RGB LEDs, buzzer |
| Runtime | 2 × 18650 Li-ion (not included), runtime not published |
| Speed | Not published |
| SDK | Python server code on the Pi, PyQt desktop client for Windows, macOS and Raspberry Pi OS, Freenove app for iOS and Android |
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