Hey, how about that! We've got some new gear motors to complement the popular Mini Metal Gear Motors (the GM11a, GM12a, GM13a, GM14a, GM18 and yes, even the mutant GM19). What's particularly new is that they have sealed cylindrical gearboxes! Same sort of gearing, but no funky rectangular shape - just a nice, sleek, clean […]
Solarbotics is, um.. out of power...
Dave Hrynkiw
April 4, 2013
There's a power failure in our area this morning, so what to do... Hey, let's take the staff out for breakfast! So since the phones are down, the server is down, the lights are out, and there's a sticky-note on the front door saying as much, we're not open. Not for another hour or two, anyways. Website should still be functional, and we'll be back to processing orders shortly.
And yes, we see the irony of a Solar-power robot/electronics company not having any power. It's pretty cloudy today anyways, so even if we unleashed our solar-powered hoard of robots, we should only be able to generate enough power for another post and a tweet or three...
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