Mark Tilden's 600 foot workbench

Solarbotics has worked on a good many interesting costuming projects, but few have been as unique as Shannon Chappell's Rock Golem. Shannon did a fabulous job repurposing electronics for the Golem, and if you're trying to do the same, be ready for some major dumpster-diving. Alternately, since we first worked on the Golem, we've been […]

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, […]

Earlier in January we had a very interesting discussion with the chief geeks at Evil Mad Scientist Labs. They've been doing similarly-unique DIY as Solarbotics for a good long time, but they had now found themselves in the position of shuttering their operation to take some lead rolls with Bantam Tools. This meant moving from […]

Here's a funky motor for you - the GM19! Slightly larger than the other metal gearhead series (GM11-14), and with a larger motor, this 35:1 beasty looks like a good contender for building mini-sumos or other small, speed-hungry robots! But be warned: It is a bit strange. The gearhead is mounted askew to the motor, […]