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Wheee! It's finally outta my hair - the Sumovore PIC Brainboard now available to all you microcontroller fans that insist on programmable robots. Complete with a 5 pin and RJ11-6 port, you can use practically all PIC programming tools and hardware (or build your own programming cable as detailled in the instruction) to put your […]

Here's a funky motor for you - the GM19! Slightly larger than the other metal gearhead series (GM11-14), and with a larger motor, this 35:1 beasty looks like a good contender for building mini-sumos or other small, speed-hungry robots! But be warned: It is a bit strange. The gearhead is mounted askew to the motor, […]

Friday! New stuff! Go! Solarbotics Raspberry SAFE $8.95 Now that you've waited a long, long while for your Raspberry Pi® board to arrive you'll want to protect your precious! Use the Raspberry SAFE to protect it from the harmful environment that is your desk. I2C-It Sharp IR Distance Sensor (10 to 80cm range) $16.45 We've […]

We've just had the author copies of the book arrive today! Woohoo! That means that our regular inventory must be near behind. Stay tuned! This is as good as a time to announce the support website for the book at http://junkbots.solarbotics.com. The book says come to our website for support, but we've since constructed a […]