The obstacle detection and avoiding robot uses two 200 rpm and 12 V DC geared motors. The motor used has a 6mm shaft diameter with internal holes. The internal holes are for easy mounting of the wheels by using screws. It is an easy to use low-cost motor for robotics application. Two dummy motors are also used along with two DC motors in the robot. A dead axle dummy motor is designed in such a way that it represents the axle size and shape of an actual motor but is a passive component as it is just used as a support for fixing non powered wheels in the robot chassis.