Solarbotics Blog Posts & News
New Solar Cell!
Dave Hrynkiw
March 15, 2004
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, but much, much less prone to breaking or burning off of the solder-pads. It's also […]
New Sanyo Gear motors
Dave Hrynkiw
March 15, 2004
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 the whole assortment of four gear ratios - 75.7, 134.5, 196.6, and 297.1:1 reduction, and […]
GM10 Dimensions
Dave Hrynkiw
March 11, 2004
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...
Robolympics?
Dave Hrynkiw
February 23, 2004
We're thinking of coming out and hitting the pavement of Robolympics in March. Thinking of coming? Perhaps we'll see you there!
Robosapien video on solarbotics.net
Dave Hrynkiw
February 19, 2004
Well, Solarbotics went to "Neeewwww Yorrrrk City" to the Toy Fair, and met up with Mark Tilden. He was kind enough to give us an exclusive interview / demonstration of the production-level version of the Robosapien. See the four videos at solarbotics.net! Update: The link got slashdotted, so we're pretty heavy on our bandwidth bills […]
Closed Monday
Dave Hrynkiw
February 13, 2004
We're closed for the Alberta Monday "Family Day" Holiday. See you Tuesday!
Sumovore code online
Dave Hrynkiw
February 2, 2004
Hey!?! Didja know we didn't have a link to the BS2 code for the Sumovore BS2 add-on board? Well, we did, but it was on the news posting, not the BS2 adapter board page (it does now!). Grant did a great job setting up framework for a great dual-purpose BS2-controlled Sumovore. Set it down on […]
Ordering glitches
Dave Hrynkiw
January 28, 2004
As part of our on-going website upgrades/patches, it seems that fixing one thing tends to ...botch... other aspects of the website. Right now, our shopping cart isn't cooperating. Trust us, if there was an aspect of the website we don't want going down, it's our order forms! We're on it right now, but in the […]
Sumovores roll over Italy again!
Dave Hrynkiw
January 19, 2004
Another msg from our Italian contacts: Sumovores do well at the Pisa! Here's a Google-translated link.
Junkbots is back online!
Dave Hrynkiw
January 16, 2004
So, I writes this book, see? And it sells pretty good, so in November, I orders more books, see? And they says "HEY! We gots none left - calm down, we're printing more". So, I sits and waits, and FINALLY they comes in! Here's the great part: It looks like this is the new printing, […]
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