Our GM2 gearmotors are powerful, and just a bit slower than a standard servo, making them ideal for a walker. But for you folks who like wheeled robots, these are simply too slow. Solarbotics' own Grant McKee to the rescue! We barely had the motors opened 10 minutes before Grant figured out that these motors […]
Dave Hylands is only a marginal friend o...
Dave Hrynkiw
April 30, 2007
Although he has purchased from us, and used our products (the "Secret Motor Driver") in his prize-winning minisumo "Stinger", we, as Solarbotics officially declare Mr. Hylands only "marginal" friend.
You see, Solarbotics sent a few of our robots to the University of Northern Idaho's mail-in minisumo contest, and again he's served our own tuckus back to us. Here we thought we were being clever in shipping our robots half a continent away to enter a contest where he shouldn't be, but noooooo, he still shows up and schools us.
Harumph! Well congratulations, Mr. Hylands, but don't expect that third steak at our next company BBQ....
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Herbie Reviewed
Here's a link from Gareth Branwyn at Streettech for his review of our new Herbie the Mousebot Kit!
BEP Application: Wilf Rigter Solar Power...
The following instructions detail how to build a Solar Power Smart Head version 3. The Head will seek light and when it finds the brightest source it will go into a low current standby mode. This version also comes with an low power FLED circuit to indicate when the head is active.
Interesting Mini-sumo build
This mini-sumo design by Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin features our wheels, and one of our favourite building materials, Sintra. We can't laser-cut sintra (PVC=bad stuff when burned), but milling it works well, as this builder shows. The asymmetric motor layout works, as proven by this contest-winning design (scroll to the bottom of the page).
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