Solarbotics just attended the MakeFashion Gala here in Calgary. It was a glowing show of glowing lights and wearable technology. Check out the photos in our Flickr stream. Photo courtesy George Dimitrov Photography Among all the other wonderful things we've seen using our string LEDs before, there was nothing quite as intense as these outfits. […]
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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