Freezer Burn is an Alberta Regional Burning Man celebration annually creating a temporary community out on the prairie. A few of us here at Solarbotics attend, and having access to all of the neat technology, we make an effort to bring special projects to the festival. Lit up projects work well since the event is outdoors […]
GM2 Modifications
Dave Hrynkiw
August 29, 2002
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 (the GM2 in particular) were able to be hacked into a much speeder 14:1 ratio down from their original, very torquey 224:1.
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Vancouver BEAM Workshop
Here's a few links to a workshop spear-headed by ScottyDogma in Vancouver, B.C. Some impressive work done using servos, BIOBug motors, some wooden spacer blocks and lots of soldering! Nice job, guys. Pics and movies: http://www3.telus.net/dogmabots Full Size (1344 x 1008, 500-700K) http://www.davehylands.com/VRC-BEAM-Workshop/index.html Half-Size (672 x 504, 100-150K) http://www.davehylands.com/VRC-BEAM-Workshop/Thumb-B/index.html
ScoutWalker III Workshop
Space is Limited! RSVP as soon as possible! -- Solarbotics will be hosting another workshop to get you prepared for this year's annual Western Canadian Robot Games. The main attraction will be our almost-in-production ScoutWalker III Robot. The ScoutWalker III is an agile two-motor walking BEAM robot platform designed to take advantage of microprocessor-based brainboards, […]
Employment Opportunity
Solarbotics is presently soliciting resumés from qualified persons for a position to address specific in-house projects and utilities. Candidates must have the following abilities: PHP or Perl programming Experience with Microsoft ASP SQL Database management Windows 2000 Server / IIS5 management Be local to the Calgary area (yes, we mean it. No exceptions. Don't even […]
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