These new Baby "Helios" Turbots by Grant McKee are an experiment to see how much can be done Turbot-wise with a single motor.
GM10 Wheels
Dave Hrynkiw
June 14, 2004
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 place! As it was running on ~7 volts, it was a tad squirrely, but BOY was it quick with plenty of torque!
If you're looking to build light, palm-sized wheeled robots, here's your solution!
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