In order to assemble the platform as shown, two holes
need to be drilled in the blade on the front in order
to allow the cell phone battery charger to be zipped tied to the blade. The cell phone charger is used to power
the Raspberry Pi via a USB cable. The Raspberry Pi is
attached to the Arduino using Velcro . The only other
connection necessary is a USB cable from the Arduino
to the Raspberry Pi for serial communication.
Tabel I lists the components of the Zumo autonomous
vehicle platform and the cost for each at the time the
paper was written.