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 […]
Site Difficulties - sorry!
Dave Hrynkiw
May 18, 2002
If you were trying to visit us here Friday/Saturday, you would notice that we were "404" (site down). Sorry about that. Our host ISP is going through some changes that are ...aren't... going as well as they'd like.
Sorry about the problems. Shouldn't be nothing that we can't get fixed, as soon as I find my softball bat...
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Wednesday Links: Dancing Spiders, Protot...
Dancing Peacock Spiders with Lightsabers This is just fun to say, even more fun to watch (Via Nerdist). Turning a Tape Gun Into a Prototyping Machine Interesting idea, but not necessarily very practical (Via Makezine). A story-based Japanese Rube Goldberg Machine This Rube Goldberg machine features not only some amazing timing and clever solutions but […]
GM2 Modifications
Our GM2 gearmotors are powerful, and just a bit slower than a standard servo, making them ideal for a walker. But for you folks who like wheeled robots, these are simply too slow. Solarbotics' own Grant McKee to the rescue! We barely had the motors opened 10 minutes before Grant figured out that these motors […]
Canada Day Holiday
Solarbotics will be closed for the July 1st Canada Day celebrations. We gotta let our people have fun some of the time...
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