President's Day / Family day - whatever you want to call it, we're enjoying it outside in the sunshine! See you tomorrow, we promise!
Herbie the Mousebot, that lovable robotic rodent of ours, is a pretty popular critter. Seeks light, avoids obstacles, chases other Herbies (when modified), and is generally a swell robo mus musculus. He doesn't whistle and can't quite drive a steamboat like certain other mice, but he's gets by alright. What most people probably don't know about one of our most popular kits is that a fraction of every Herbie sale goes towards a non-profit organization called KISS Institute for Practical Robotics. And while there are many witty jokes to be made about the acronym, Keep It Simple, Stupid is a philosophy that we hold very close to our hearts in the world of developing robots and electronic projects. But I digress.
Waaay back in 1993, David Miller and Cathryne Stein formed KISS as a way to expose young students all over the world to robotics, in an effort to encourage them to persue further education in computer science and engineering. A key component to this is the Botball, which "is an educational STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) outreach program in which teams of middle and high school aged students design, build, program, and document a pair of original autonomous robots to play in an open-solution tournament. All work is done by the students, and the equipment stays with the school to be reused for years in classroom or extracurricular activities."
Solarbotics is proud to contribute to this organization, and we encourage any of you interested to visit the site (posted above) for a lot more detail on how you can get involved in Botball's many activities and tournaments. There's so much more great information and media than we can pack into a humble newspost.
Now that we've had a KISS, how about some HUGS? Checkout this week's Handsome & Uniquely Glorious Stuff:
And that's it. If you were wondering what comes after KISS and HUGS, it's a NAFA followed by TSWOSTWHBREFE. You know, Not Another Fancy Acronym before The Second Weekend Of September That Will Hopefully Be Rather Enjoyable For Everyone.
President's Day / Family day - whatever you want to call it, we're enjoying it outside in the sunshine! See you tomorrow, we promise!
PCBGrip Cylinder Accessory (4 pack) $7.20 This accessory is great for adding standoffs and rotating elements to your PCBGrip (or Openbeam!). PCBGrip Tri Nut Accessory (pairs) $5.52 Inserting and aligning nuts into Openbeam can be a bit tricky, but this clever, simple tri-nut insert is a simple, effective solution to the problem. T-Bolt Accessory (pairs) […]
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 […]
Friday! New stuff! Go! Solarbotics Raspberry SAFE $8.95 Now that you've waited a long, long while for your Raspberry Pi® board to arrive you'll want to protect your precious! Use the Raspberry SAFE to protect it from the harmful environment that is your desk. I2C-It Sharp IR Distance Sensor (10 to 80cm range) $16.45 We've […]
Solarbotics, Ltd. is not responsible for misprints or errors on product prices or information. For more information, please see our Terms and Conditions.
Warning: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov for more information. This item was manufactured prior to August 31, 2018.