Before mounting the motors, I soldered on a motor backing that allows me to easily connect a male 20 JST connector. I find this useful for using motors in other projects later and making robot modifications and maintenance much easier. I will connect my motor to the ESC (electronic speed control) later using an XT60 connector (many other connectors would work fine), so I soldered the male JST connector to a male XT60 connector.

Pay attention to positive and negative! The Actobotics motors have a white dot on the positive terminal but they can also be wired the opposite way. For this robot, make positive and negative the same for each motor.

You could solder wires directly to the motor and ESC, but connectors really make everything easier for the future.

2x - (JST20M) 20 awg Male JST Connector

2x - (605120) Gearmotor Board D (for 32mm Planetary Gearmotors)

2x - Male XT60 connectors