Brian Fields is heading up a new BEAM botting competition which Solarbotics is proud to be in association with. To borrow from the website: To enter this contest all you have to do is build the smallest robot you can in one of these three categories Turbot, Walker, or Photovore. This contest is much like […]
New Solar Cell!
Dave Hrynkiw
March 15, 2004
As Panasonic is no longer manufacturing their line of Sunceram solar cells, we've been on the hunt for suitable replacements. Here's our first find - the SCC3733!
It's a polycrystaline cell in an epoxy casing, so it's a bit heavier, but much, much less prone to breaking or burning off of the solder-pads. It's also easily the match for the venerable SC3733, only falling a bit behind the SC3733 in low-light conditions. Try them out - we're quite happy with them!
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GM10 Wheels
These motors are simply too cool not to have wheels for, and although you can screw on a wheel to the existing motor output arms, these GM10 wheels are much more convenient. We built a micro-sumo robot ("MicroVore" - yeah, we know it means "micro-eater") for the PDXBot competition last week, and came in third […]
Closed August 1st, New SparkFun Fun
So, like, it's that magical time of year where we of Albertaville, Canada get a long weekend. We don't even have a reason anymore. We just figure that we ought to have one, so we come up with a name that sounds semi-official and run with it. "Quick, we need to figure out what to […]
Solarbotics Toll-Free number
In case if you want to contact us regarding orders, technical information, or questions, please use our new toll-free number: 1-866-276-2687 (1-866-B-ROBOTS). Now, just because it's toll-free for YOU doesn't mean it doesn't cost us nothing, so don't call just to ask me what time it is, ok? Ok. Thanks!
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