Solarbotics Blog Posts & News
Robolympics coming up...
Dave Hrynkiw
December 15, 2004
The Robolympics are coming up. Interesting list of events, and last year's was quite a blast... Just so you know!
ScoutWalker III - limited stock!
Dave Hrynkiw
December 14, 2004
We've managed to dig up enough parts to get six ScoutWalker III's together in time for Christmas. We'll have them ready by the end of the week for shipping, so if you don't mind waiting for your order to go until then, feel free to pre-order now!
GM16 - Bertsch
Dave Hrynkiw
December 10, 2004
Elegent motors anyone? Not for mini-sumo, that's for sure!
Harold's "Tank"
Dave Hrynkiw
December 9, 2004
Harold Ilano built this SW2.2 / VBug inspired 5 motor walker named "Tank", and just recently announced it on the BEAM mailing list. It's a very effective and quick device - nicely done, and well worth a look-see. It still impresses me what we can do without a microcontroller...
SunSwingers
Dave Hrynkiw
December 7, 2004
Remember the old SunSwinger? That nice and pretty red'n'gold layout? Well, they're GONE. No more! Finito! With that said, we're happy to introduce the new SunSwinger... The ones in black and gold (at no increase in price)!
ScoutWalker III sold out!
Dave Hrynkiw
December 6, 2004
Sorry to say that our initial inventory of the ScoutWalker III has sold out! We're trying to get more ready for Christmas, but no promises...
PDXBot 04 video - it's good!
Dave Hrynkiw
December 3, 2004
Ok people, the sales on the PDXBot 04 DVD have been less-than-stellar. I brought them in primarily because I thought other people wanted to see robot competitions that you may not otherwise get to see. Also, a portion of the proceeds go to help the PARTS club in Portland Oregon. If you have a robo-geek […]
ScoutWalker III
Dave Hrynkiw
December 3, 2004
As those who've already received our new catalog already know, Solarbotics has officially released the ScoutWalker III upon the masses! We developed this walker kit based on criteria generated by ourselves and Solarbotics' distributor Steve Jones at "Bug'n'Bots". Steve wanted something new to feature at the ECRG workshops, and the ScoutWalker III is the results! […]
Tom Gray's "SpringTail"
Dave Hrynkiw
December 2, 2004
Just tripped over this link on the Yahoogroups BEAM mailing list. Nice looking walker - built using our BEP boards too!
Eastern Canadian Robot Games Results
Dave Hrynkiw
December 2, 2004
Yes, the Eastern Canadian Robot Games have been over for about a month, but I still think the following is worth mentioning: The Solarbotics Sumovore won first place in beginner mini-sumo The Solarbotics ScoutWalker III won first and third in the Walker competition Our own Grant McKee won Advanced Minisumo with his own design "Ender's […]
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