Hi Does the pololu 3pi robot allow for the addition of it sensors for wall detection of a maze?

Hello @Jcampsall and welcome to the RobotShop forum, The Pololu 3pi Robot comes with QTR-RC reflectance sensors (line following sensors) that can be used to solve line mazes. Pololu - 8. Example Project #2: Maze Solving User’s guide for the Pololu 3pi Robot. …

Thanks. No a lot of space. What are the small sensors I see in micromouse contests?

Those are IR sensors , you can find more information about the hardware micromouse robots use here: http://greenye.net/Pages/Micromouse/MicromouseIndex.htm

Could something like this be used? You could use that type of sensor for wall/obstacle detection. However, you can’t use that sensor with the 3pi platform because it doesn’t have an I2C interface (nor enough IO pins to simulate it) But I don’t how the 3-channel 6 LED scenari…

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Could something like this be used:

3-Channel Wide FOV Time-of-Flight Distance Sensor OPT3101 (No Headers)

But I don’t how the 3-channel 6 LED scenario works