“Steady as she goes, steersman…”

Solarbotics / HVWTech will be on “maintenance mode” while the bulk of the staff go down to the MAKE Faire in San Mateo, California. The remaining staff have begged for some relief to make the week go easier, so we … Read more…

The return of the MCM…

Remember many, many moons back when Solarbotics was a young company, with just a few hacker-type objects to offer the robotics community? One of these items was the “Metal Cassette Mechanism”, and was the heart of a great many Solarengine … Read more…

RW2i – Internal mount, and new shaft hole sizes

We’re still digging out the new inventory, and the next addition to the Solarbotics lineup is the RW2i, which is the same profile and rolling size as our very popular RW2, but is designed with a narrow hub.We’re able to … Read more…

Wheee! They’re here – the new RW2!

We’ve just got in our newly-machined RW2 hubs & tires – and they’re better! Instead of the old 1/8″ axle hole that didn’t quite fit the GM11a-14a series correctly (they were too loose), these new ones fit perfectly with their … Read more…