Wired.com recently posted a very interesting comparison between the Wowwee/Hasbro BIO-Bugs, and the Sony Aibo. Interesting comparison! For those wanting more information, there's the BIO-Bug vivisection page at Solarbotics.net.
New BEP Application -- The Turbot
Dave Hrynkiw
April 7, 2004
The Resources section, which is a new and growing portion of our site to display all things BEAM, now contains a brand new project that can be built off of the Solarbotics BEP (Bicore Experimenters PCB).
Introducing... BEP Application #5 -- The Turbot.
This extremely popular bot is a milestone in the amazing combination of intelligence, strength and mechanics. It will climb over, plough through, or just plain ol' destroy-everything-in-sight; all the while being phototropic!
Take a look, leave some feedback for us in the comments section, give it a shot, and be ready for the next batch of new content soon to be released!
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