Our office will be closed on Monday September 7, we'll continue regular office hours on Tuesday at 0900 MST.
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Solarbotics Herbie the Mousebot v2 Kit No turkey here; just a fast robot mouse. Medium soldering skill necessary to build this flashlight-chasing mousebot. |
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Solarbotics Turbot Tumbling Robot Kit This medium-complexity retro BEAM Robotics light-seeking tumbling robot is back for a limited time!
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Solarbotics Sumovore Mini-Sumo Kit For the original "robot fighting competition", the Sumovore kit robot kit. Recommended for competent solderers only.
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Solarbotics SolarSpeeder v2.0 Kit A Tesla may be electric, but does it carry it's own solar cell? This one does, and offers high speed bursts of solar-powered movement in the palm of your hand. Good beginner kit for learning basics of mechanical assembly and soldering.
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Solarbotics Photopopper Photovore V5.0 Kit Slightly more advanced than the SolarSpeeder is this robot kit. Solar-powered, light-seeking, obstacle-avoiding robots are still something you don't see everyday (but should!).
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Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels Book We wrote the book on... this book. Actually, Solarbotics' founder Dave Hrynkiw did write this guide to building simple, effective robots and gadgets out of techno-recycling. Get it dedicated & signed on request too!
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Created for workshops, this bundle of parts lets you create your own Arduino-based carpet-crawler with swiveling optical distance sensor feedback. Recommended for advanced builders.
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Solarbotics CMDR (Compact Motor Driver Robot) Shield Kit Stick a powerful Motor / Servo breakout board onto your Arduino-compatible.
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Solarbotics L298 Compact Motor Driver Kit All those L298 Motor breakout boards? Yeah, they're based on this - the original Compact Motor Driver. Ideal for driving up to 2 beefy motors for your electronics project.
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Solarbotics' Freeduino was one of the first Arduino-compatible semi-kits on the market. We've done the SMD soldering, you get to solder on the big parts.
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This complete robot is out-of-the-box ready to go. Parallax makes robot experimentation a quick and easy plug-in-and-go experience with wonderful documentation. Great beginner gift.
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MiP Robotic Platform
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SparkFun WeevilEye - Beginner Soldering Kit
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Micro Gripper Kit A - Straight Mount
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Ardumoto - Motor Driver Shield
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Solar Gearbox Kit - Six-Leg Walking Type
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Amphibious Solar Vehicle Kit
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Quick Starter Kit for Pi 2
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Robotic Beetle with Controller Kit
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Our office will be closed on Monday September 7, we'll continue regular office hours on Tuesday at 0900 MST.
Well, we had a fun time at this year's Western Canadian Robot Games! Especially since Solarbotics' own Grant McKee won advanced minisumo with "Ender's Wraith", and although he also placed 2nd with "S.S. Solo" (but wasn't legally able to win 2 spots), the third place bump up went to...me! Dave Hrynkiw, with 2Strong2Bad! Besides the […]
News from Mr. Tilden: The official unveiling of Hasbro/Wowwee BIOBugs will be September 14, with a huge unleasing of 100 of these critters into the desert of White Sands, New Mexico. Additionally, Mark himself is slated to be on the Rosie O'Donnell Show sometimes on the week of September 17. This will coincide with the […]
Still slogging through the backlog of "things to add to the website". One of them is the ScoutWalker/SunSeeker interface instructions, in PDF format (as per usual). So if you want to see exactly how we get the head "talking" to the body, and what the exact circuitry is, come take a look! We also are […]
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Please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov for more information. This item was manufactured prior to August 31, 2018.