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This is Gareth Branwyn's latest book on robotics. Why should you care? Well, our own Dave Hrynkiw (dat be me) was honoured with the task of tech-editting it. It's a fun read, with some BEAM and not-so-BEAM projects, so if you're a raw newbie to robotics, this belongs on your bookshelf next to "Junkbots, Bugbots […]

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! […]

Continuing in the tradition of mixing up the previously purely on-topic posts, we have a few things to announce today, other than bringing you still-brand-new-cool product. First off, the announcement from our Chief Geek: Make Something Useless Useful At Solarbotics, we put in substantial effort in creating kits for people to use to fulfill a […]

Here's something to take a boo at a workshop by Tom Mair and a Grade-5 class. From his message to the BEAM mailing list: Last year I helped Mrs. Corbett's Grade 5 class build robots and we had a blast (see a review here http://www.aasland.com/hcrd.html). Well, this year we are doing it again. We're building […]