--- title: SLAM Navigation For An Arduino Powered Car | daily.dev description: Luca Fagioli demonstrates an explorer robot that uses SLAM to navigate its environment. The car runs on an Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi with a Sensor Shield 5.0 and an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car-bjwzgtiyl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SLAM Navigation For An Arduino Powered Car | daily.dev og:description: Luca Fagioli demonstrates an explorer robot that uses SLAM to navigate its environment. The car runs on an Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi with a Sensor Shield 5.0 and an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car-bjwzgtiyl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BjWZgtiyL.png og:image:alt: SLAM Navigation For An Arduino Powered Car og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SLAM Navigation For An Arduino Powered Car **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Luca Fagioli demonstrates an explorer robot that uses SLAM to navigate its environment. The car runs on an Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi with a Sensor Shield 5.0 and an L298N motor driver, using one gear motor per drive wheel. An HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor mounted on an SG-90 servo pans around to measure wall distances while building a map and localizing itself. Infrared sensors on the bottom detect floor tape marks for checkpointing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can you do SLAM with an ultrasonic sensor instead of a lidar module? Yes, SLAM can be implemented using an HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor instead of a laser rangefinder or time-of-flight sensor. One build mounts the HC-SR04 on an SG-90 servo motor so it can pan around and measure wall distances, building a map while localizing the robot within it, controlled by an Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi. _Makers comparing sensor options for budget SLAM robots can find more hardware builds like this on daily.dev._ ### What hardware do I need to build an Arduino-based SLAM robot car? A working example uses an Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi with a Sensor Shield 5.0, an L298N motor driver board, one gear motor per drive wheel, an HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor on an SG-90 servo for ranging, and infrared sensors on the bottom to detect floor tape marks for checkpointing during navigation. _Anyone planning a similar robotics build can follow more Arduino and SLAM project writeups on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Arduino Launches Plug-and-Play Modules for Long-Range Sensor Projects](https://daily.dev/posts/arduino-launches-plug-and-play-modules-for-long-range-sensor-projects-wcsxnhsyj) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Arduino Engine Runs Many Games](https://daily.dev/posts/arduino-engine-runs-many-games-wfbhfepiz) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This Arduino-powered robot claw spins a globe between its fingers like it came from a supervillain's lair](https://daily.dev/posts/this-arduino-powered-robot-claw-spins-a-globe-between-its-fingers-like-it-came-from-a-supervillain-s-vds6j1yzk) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#iot](https://daily.dev/tags/iot), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car-bjwzgtiyl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"SLAM Navigation For An Arduino Powered Car","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car-bjwzgtiyl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car-bjwzgtiyl"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T08:06:09.056Z","dateModified":"2026-10-28T08:08:54.133Z","description":"Luca Fagioli demonstrates an explorer robot that uses SLAM to navigate its environment. 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