It's been a while in the making, with a good many prototypes, but finally here it is: The Solarbotics Turbot Kit This alien-like robot is unlike any other robot you've seen!
Evil Mad Scientist Inventory... Welcome ...
Solarbotics Ltd
February 27, 2024
Earlier in January we had a very interesting discussion with the chief geeks at Evil Mad Scientist Labs.
They've been doing similarly-unique DIY as Solarbotics for a good long time, but they had now found themselves in the position of shuttering their operation to take some lead rolls with Bantam Tools. This meant moving from the left-coast to the right-coast of the USA, and needed to severely streamline.
We're happy to announce that we are incorporating a subset of the Evil Mad inventory into our own! This means we'll be continuing to stock the Flickery-Flame, 555 and 741 kit variations, plus a good lot of other goodies from their warehouse.
Unpacking continues, and database additions are happening. Stay tuned; it'll all get online!
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Circuit: Herbie by Randy Sargent
Although not a true BEAM robot, this simple schematic by Randy Sargent is small, simple, slick, and effective. My own version uses a pair of pager motors and three cells from a 9V rechargeable battery. Hard to get any simpler than this device!
Weekend tidbits
Greetings my fellow humans! And salutations to my not-so-fellow alien amigo! There are a few small tidbits of news this weekend: First, we received our shipment of new Herbie PCBs! Hurray! This means that you can now get Herbie the Mousebot in all four colours - red, black, blue or white. They're all in stock, […]
Tilden on MEMS Technology
Here's a link to a Smalltimes article where they interview Mark (and a few others) about using MEMS (or Micro Electromechanical Systems) in the toy industry. Read More...
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