Solarbotics Antweight

Adam Conus sent us a nice little message about his antweight combat robot The Fly.: Western Allied Robotics is kicking off another year of antweight combat events and I need new motors. (Because I’m very, very hard on them!) Still, … Read more…

From a satisfied customer…

Here’s a nice message from Jack Buffington resulting from our recent trip to Robolympics: “Hi. I just wanted to say thanks to Dave for tipping me off to those new motor/gearboxes that you are selling. He sold two of them … Read more…

Robolympics Highlights and Sale

We’ve received word from Dave down in San Francisco that the events are now over and that both Grant and Dave of Solarbotics have placed second and third in the mini-sumo competition!!! We would like to send our congratulations to … Read more…

New Solar Cell!

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, … Read more…

New Sanyo Gear motors

Wow! They’re finally here! These are the original gear motors we used sooo many years ago to convert and power the Miniball kits (yes, they’re under review for bringing back – don’t rush us!). We’re the only place to find … Read more…

GM10 Dimensions

Thanks to Bill Bigge, we’ve got a PDF dimension drawing of our GM10 gearmotor available for download. Thanks go out to Bill and his ruler! Read More…