What equipment is required to operate the robot and what are its technical requirements?

To operate the robot, you can use:

• phone or tablet with Android or iOS and Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0,
• a computer* (desktop or laptop) with Windows, macOS, or ChromeOS, 
• whiteboard/interactive monitor*.

*For a computer and whiteboard, the Photon Magic Dongle adapter is required.

Below you will find a list of technical requirements to connect to the robot and allow the installation of the corresponding application.

Mobile devices: Photon EDU app, Photon AI, Photon Robot and Photon Coding

Android devices
Android devices - minimum requirements:

• Operating system: Android 5.1,
• RAM: 1GB+,
• Processor: 1.50 GHz,
• CPU cores: 4,
• Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0.

Android devices - recommended requirements:

• Operating system: Android 9.0 or higher,
• RAM: 4GB,
• Processor: 1.8 GHz,
• CPU cores: 8,
• Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 or higher.

iOS devices

iOS devices - minimum requirements:

• Operating system: iOS: 12.0,
• RAM: 2GB,
• Processor: Apple A7,
• Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0.

iOS devices - recommended requirements: 

• Operating system: iOS: 16.0,
• RAM: 3GB,
• Processor: Apple A10 or higher,
• Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0.

Desktops and laptops: Photon Magic Bridge application

Windows devices

Windows devices - minimum requirements:

• Operating system: Windows 7 (or higher),
• 32-bit or 64-bit system,
• Processor: Intel Core i3 6th generation,
• RAM: 2 GB.

Windows devices - recommended requirements:

• Operating system: Windows 10 (or higher),
• 32-bit or 64-bit system,
• Processor: Intel Core i5 7th generation or higher,
• RAM: 8 GB.

macOS devices

macOS devices - minimum requirements:

• Operating system: macOS 10.11 (El Capitan),
• 64-bit system,
• Processor: Intel or Apple M1,
• RAM: 2 GB.

macOS devices - recommended requirements:

• Operating system: macOS 13 (Ventura),
• 64-bit system,
• Processor: Intel or Apple M1,
• RAM: 8 GB.