Solarbotics Blog Posts & News
Victoria Day Holiday
Dave Hrynkiw
May 21, 2004
Monday May 24 is Victoria Day in Canada. We'll be using the old Queen's Birthday as an excuse to twiddle our toes in the grass and watch robots roam free. We'll be back to work Tuesday morning, bright and early!
Hello? Hello?
Dave Hrynkiw
May 19, 2004
Well, that certainly was weird. Our telephone lines were having some problems earlier this afternoon, and some people were unable to get through. We would like to apologize and get this ironed out as soon as possible. If you can not connect during our business hours (0900 - 1800 MST), please leave us a message […]
GM11 is a popular motor
Dave Hrynkiw
May 18, 2004
We're sorry to say that our GM11 is presently sold out. We've got more on the way, but it'll be about another month until they resurface. Sorry!
The 2004 Robotgames are over...
Dave Hrynkiw
May 17, 2004
...and it was fun! Solarbotics was busy, showing off our new kits and gear motors, and shaking hands with a large number of our customers. Yeah, there weren't any "official" BEAM events, but we still had a good time running our Solarbotics-sponsored SolarSpeeder race, with the winner being 8(?) year old Devon Bateman (taking home […]
GM15 tiny gear motors
Dave Hrynkiw
May 16, 2004
We've had these for sale for a week now, and I haven't posted any news about them yet? What am I thinking? Ah, we were getting ready for the WCRG... never mind! Anyways, we've got these cool 6mm diameter 25:1 planetary gear motors now. They're smaller than our standard RPM2 pager motors! We've built a […]
GM5 Escaps are back (for now)
Dave Hrynkiw
May 14, 2004
Well, we've got a limited supply of GM5(b) escap gear motors available. These really sold quick last time, so get them while you can! See you at the Western Canadian Robot Games tomorrow!
More new stuff... SC3782!
Dave Hrynkiw
May 6, 2004
Cool! We've found some SC3782 (37x82 mm) solar cells! Since Panasonic ain't making these anymore, and there aren't many of these left, you'll only find them here at Solarbotics until they're all sold out. Get'em while they're hot!
New GM11-14 mounting screws
Dave Hrynkiw
April 29, 2004
BOY those are strange little screws on the face of the GM11-14 series of gear motors! 1.7mm diameter x 0.35mm thread pitch ain't a common bolt, but we found some 4mm long that we've made available for those of you looking for a precision method of mounting the motors. Check out part M1.7x0.35!
Sumovore Atmel Brainboard Add-on
Dave Hrynkiw
April 28, 2004
Ah, it's here! Featuring the Atmel Mega8 processor, this brainboard offers pretty powerful features. Check it out!
Order form shipping glitch
Dave Hrynkiw
April 17, 2004
If you're placing an order with us for a dimensionally small order and you're NOT getting the ground mail option, it's most likely due to a bug we're trying to isolate. If this is the case with your order, please use the comments field during the checkout process to indicate "Ground shipping requested". Sorry about […]
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