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We like to have some play time at Solarbotics, and the "Bare Bones Photovore" is the results of one of these play sessions. It's a very simple (amongst the simplest, we'll hazard to say) light-seeking solar-powered robot, and find it easy to build using the Bicore Experimenter's PCB.

So as some of you have noticed our new site went up yesterday, but unfortunately not without some issues. Today is a day of bug hunting, (which makes the Weyland-Yutani shirt I'm wearing even more appropriate) and thanks to the efforts of those of you who have taken the time to email me I've been […]

Arduino Theremin Theremin is a fascinating musical instrument, and this is a version that runs on Arduino, by Urs Gaudenz of  Gaudi Lab (Via Arduino Blog) Travertine and Resin Table Top Topographical lagoon tables by Alexandre Chapelin of LA Table (Via Colossal) 3D Modeling Sharks and Other Creatures Sharks and other wonderful living things refuse to […]

These motors are simply too cool not to have wheels for, and although you can screw on a wheel to the existing motor output arms, these GM10 wheels are much more convenient. We built a micro-sumo robot ("MicroVore" - yeah, we know it means "micro-eater") for the PDXBot competition last week, and came in third […]