Month: June 2003

Solarbotics will be closed for the July 1st Canada Day celebrations. We gotta let our people have fun some of the time…

Yup, I’ve got a ticket in my hands to be at the Robotics Society of America’s Summer Robot Games and Expo. Why? Well, Solarbotics wants to see what other roboticists are up to "out there", so our first stop will … Read more…

Gahh! Man, are these Escap motors popular! We’re already sold out of these high gear-reduction versions. We’ll have to see what we can do to get more online soon…

Well, the last batch of Escap gearmotors went very fast. Let’s hope this batch lasts a bit longer! Unlike the last set, this set has a higher reduction ratio of 663:1 instead of 362:1. This means it starts turning 0.46V … Read more…

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 … Read more…

We’re big fans of "Scientific American Frontiers" around here. We were quite surprised to trip over this link of a program called "Games Machines Play". Well worth a view, if you can spare better part of an hour!

We are finally stocking the complete parts bundle (with PCB) to compliment David Cook’s Robot Building for Beginners book. Check out our kits section, and take a look at the Sandwich parts bundle which contains everything, including a nice set … Read more…