$129.99$129.99 on Amazon US, sold by SunFounderDirect and shipped by Amazon (October 2026). The SunFounder web store lists the same price but shows it sold out. The UNO R3-compatible board, ESP32-CAM, two 18650 cells and the solar panel are included. Year taken from the store listing date (November 2023).
AvailableVia SSH / web / bridgeArduinoESP32-CAMRocker-bogieSolarCamera
≤ 1 weekShipping: 2–5 days (Amazon). Sold by SunFounderDirect and shipped by Amazon, in stock with free delivery quoted for October 6 on an October 1 check. The SunFounder web store listing showed it sold out. Amazon ↗
Remote control: Sketches upload over USB from the Arduino IDE. The ESP32-CAM joins Wi-Fi for video and app control, and a computer can reach the same link with custom code. There is no official Python library for live control.
Overview
A six-wheel Mars rover kit with an aluminum body, NASA-style rocker-bogie suspension and a solar panel, aimed at students moving from blocks to Arduino C++. Its suspension lets it cross rocks, grass and sand where flat robot cars stall. Unlike most Arduino cars it includes its board and rechargeable batteries. The trade-offs are a long build of 300+ parts, slow motors and no on-board computer vision, since the ESP32-CAM only streams video.
Specifications
| Category | Wheeled rovers · Classroom coding cars |
|---|---|
| Released | 2023 |
| 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 · No AI features, but the open Arduino code and the ESP32-CAM's Wi-Fi link give an LLM code to write and a robot to drive. SunFounder supplies no LLM lessons for GalaxyRVR (unconfirmed). |
| MuJoCo simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| NVIDIA Isaac simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| Gazebo simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| Best for | Ages 15+ (maker rating) |
| Vision sensors | Camera, Sonar / ultrasonic |
| Actuators | DC / gear motors |
| Audio | No audio |
| Compute type | Arduino / ESP32 / microcontroller |
| Remote control | Via SSH / web / bridge |
| Size | Not published (solar panel 17 × 17 cm) |
| Drive | 6 wheels (75 mm rubber tires) on a rocker-bogie suspension, driven by TT gear motors (1:120) |
| Compute | SunFounder R3 board (Arduino UNO R3 compatible) on a GalaxyRVR shield, plus an ESP32-CAM for Wi-Fi and video |
| Vision | ESP32-CAM camera on a tilt servo, live FPV video to the phone app (sensor reported as OV2640 (unconfirmed)) |
| Lidar | None |
| Sensors | HC-SR04 ultrasonic (2–400 cm), 2 IR obstacle avoidance modules (2–40 cm), 4 RGB LED strips, 6 V solar panel |
| Runtime | 2 × 18650 Li-ion (2000 mAh each) included, about 90 minutes, USB-C charging in about 130 minutes, solar top-up |
| Speed | ~0.15 m/s (est., from 38 rpm loaded motor speed and 75 mm wheels) |
| SDK | Arduino IDE (C/C++), Mammoth Coding (Scratch-style blocks), SunFounder RoboPilot / Controller phone app |
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- Image 1: source (official product image, SunFounder)