Attention Solarbotics Customers:

For those who have used or are planning on using our Express (1-2 business day) shipping option to the United States: In recent years, Purolator, the Canadian shipping company who handles the Express shipments, had all parcels destined for the … Read more…

Tis National Talk Like a Pirate Day

Arrrrrrr….Tis the official “Talk Like a Pirate Day” this fine Septembarrrr the 19th. For all ye landlubberrrrs, thatÂ’s this Monday September the 19th. If ye be an unbeliever, check out the official site here. In celebrrration of this fine tradition, … Read more…

Sumovore Atmel Brainboard code upgrade

The Atmel Brainboard is a very popular add-on to our Sumovore Sumo robot. But with newer releases of the WinAVR GCC programming suite, there is a difference in the way the source code is handled that will make it not … Read more…

Solarbotics Event Sponsorship

Brian Fields is heading up a new BEAM botting competition which Solarbotics is proud to be in association with. To borrow from the website: To enter this contest all you have to do is build the smallest robot you can … Read more…

SCC3733 Solarcell hacking

Here’s a tip submitted by Rick Steenblik regarding hacking our SCC3733 for less voltage, but more current: After using your SCC3733 solar cells for a couple of bots I noticed that they can be altered to provide about 3.3v at … Read more…

Pendulum project

It’s really nice to receive pics of projects people have built out of our book “Junkbots”. Here’s one of the latest: the Pendulum by Christopher Pepe. Nice magnetic suspension mechanism! Read More…