Although not a true BEAM robot, this simple schematic by Randy Sargent is small, simple, slick, and effective. My own version uses a pair of pager motors and three cells from a 9V rechargeable battery. Hard to get any simpler than this device!
New Product: RaspberryPi & Powerboo...
Solar botics
January 26, 2017
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Switching Power Supply 6VDC @ 500mA CAD15.72/USD11.95 Switching Power Supply - Perfect for Arduino Uno projects! |
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Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera Board v2 - 8 Megapixels CAD52.55/USD39.95 8MP Camera without Infra Red Filter for Raspberry Pi |
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Raspberry Pi Camera Module V2 CAD53.50/USD40.00 New! This 8MP Camera Module replaces the older 5MP unit! |
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4-channel Relay Arduino Interface Shield CAD25.34/USD19.00 It's a convenient way to add 4 channels of major power-control to your Arduino with a minimum of fuss. |
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PowerBoost 1000C - Rechargeable 5V Lipo USB Boost @ 1A CAD26.00/USD PowerBoost 1000C is the perfect power supply for your portable project! |
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Solarbotics WCRG mini-sumo workshop
The night before WCRG, and all through the office, not a creature was stirring...except two dozen mini-sumo robots - AAAHH! Thanks to Alberta Printed Circuits, we were able to sponsor a mini-sumo workshop to build 24 robots to compete in the next day's Western Canadian Robot Games.
More Website hiccups...
Terribly sorry about the outage over the last day and a half. Somebody at the hosting company missed their morning cup'o'coffee, and missed a setting for our website. Be assured, we're still up and running 100% (other than the website...).
Frogbots! Solar-powered, at that!
I missed the full segment of this story last weeks on "Discovery Channel's @discovery.ca" program, but fortunately, the've put the segment online at their website. I seems that JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratories - NASA essentially) is working on a solar-powered, single-footed robot frog. This seems like a GREAT idea for extra-terrestrial planet-surface locomotion. Check out […]
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