Ghost Rider – Halloween Omni Wheel Robot. The Morning Set
Ghost Rider is a Halloween robotics project for young makers aged 8-11. In this project, children build and program a small robotic car that carries a spooky electric ghost candle. The robot can move forward and backward, turn around, and even slide sideways thanks to its three special omni wheels.Students use Robium Code, our block-based programming environment, to control the robot step by step. They learn how to send movement commands, control motors, and combine simple blocks into a working program. Instead of only watching a robot move, children build the logic themselves and see immediately how their code changes the robot's behaviour.The robot uses three DC motors, motor drivers, an ESP32 controller, and a Bluetooth ring controller. Children explore how wireless control works and how different wheel directions can be combined to create unusual movement. The omni-wheel design makes the project especially exciting: the robot does not move like an ordinary car - it can glide, turn, and change direction in a surprising way.For the Halloween theme, the robot carries a small plastic electric candle with a ghost face, turning the finished project into a moving "ghost light". This gives the project a fun creative side as well as a technical one.During the project, students practise building circuits, connecting motors, testing movement, debugging mistakes, and improving their code. They also learn an important engineering idea: when a robot does not move as expected, we test one part at a time, find the cause, and adjust the program or wiring.By the end of the project, each student will have built a working Bluetooth-controlled Halloween robot and will understand the basic principles behind motor control, wireless commands, and omni-wheel movement.By building their own Halloween-themed Ghost Rider robot, pupils experience how electronics, mechanics, wireless control, and programming combine to create a fun moving robot.
