Solarbotics Blog Posts & News

New Kit: Type-1 Solarengine Re-issue

Dave Hrynkiw
November 9, 2000
It's been a while since we've had this kit online, but due to some diligence we've found materials to update and re-issue it! Using the licensed "MillerEngine" (which we find to be a substantial improvement over the old Solarengine), we've changed the kit with a new black circuit board and updated documentation. Check it out […]

BEAM Workshop in Chile!

Dave Hrynkiw
October 25, 2000
From a post we just received from Roberto Avil

New Distributor & Science News

Dave Hrynkiw
October 21, 2000
Solarbotics is happy to introduce a new distributor in Toronto, Canada - Bug'n'Bots. Owner Steve Jones have been involved with BEAM for a while now, and is d

Bug Stomping - Part 2, Solarcells sold o...

Dave Hrynkiw
October 19, 2000
We're still undergoing website bug-stomping. You may have noticed some changed news items and the like. One of the edits crashed the page, so we had to reload an older backup. The SCPD photodiodes are now officially sold out! KaPUT! Gone! Until we can find a reasonably priced replacement, we won't be restocking these items […]

Order Form Glitches

Dave Hrynkiw
September 19, 2000
More teething problems! We're very aware of the secure server "security warning" that pops up when you click on an items "Add to Cart" button. Be assured, we ARE the appropriate receivers of the information. The problem stems from the ISP serving our website (Cadvision) having a secure server that doesn't correctly parse the names […]

SSK Head to SW2 instructions / schematic...

Dave Hrynkiw
September 19, 2000
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 […]

Tilden 'bots "TO THE MOOOOON"! And Web-d...

Dave Hrynkiw
September 18, 2000
Here's a link recently posted by cbrenizer (I'll keep the full email address off for spam-proofing

Minor Additions and New Links

Dave Hrynkiw
September 14, 2000
Boy, there's work to do on new websites. Link checking, spell checking, image links - all sorts of crap that doesn't have anything to do directly with robots! Even so, we've been able to put up a few new images of Mark Tilden's "Projectorbots" on the Photovores page. Yuck. Must do something about how hard […]

New Site!

Dave Hrynkiw
September 10, 2000
Welcome to the new Solarbotics Website! We've been busy whipping Kenny the Web-boy with various types of wet noodles (use Fettuccini - heavier!) to get this new and improved site up to snuff. This year, we've moved the site to 100% ASP (yes, I hear the "boos" from the Linux camp over in Minnesota), which […]

Canadian National Exhibition and Califor...

Dave Hrynkiw
August 14, 2000
August 14, 2000 - Canadian National Exhibition and California State Exhibition Quick news: I'm (that'd be me - Dave) off to Toronto to go attend the Canadian National Exhibition (otherwise known as "The Ex") from August 18 to September 4. In attendance will be myself (Dave Hrynkiw), Scott Martin, Mark Dalton, and to lesser degrees […]
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