Solarbotics Blog Posts & News
Our sympathy...
Dave Hrynkiw
September 11, 2001
Due to the horrific events happening in the USA, Solarbotics cannot guarantee delivery of Priority or Airmail orders for the immediate future. Our sincerest sympathy goes out to the victims of this brutal and cowardly attack. May time relieve you of your sorrow, and the attackers face their justice.
Interesting stuff at the Exploratorium
Dave Hrynkiw
September 5, 2001
Not exactly relevant to BEAM, but an interesting distraction: Here's some interesting media from the San Francisco Exploratorium. Notable media to watch is their "Iron Science Teacher" competition (familiar with "The Iron Chef? Same idea...), and their hosting of Robot Sumo Wrestling.
BIOBugs Update
Dave Hrynkiw
September 4, 2001
News from Mr. Tilden: The official unveiling of Hasbro/Wowwee BIOBugs will be September 14, with a huge unleasing of 100 of these critters into the desert of White Sands, New Mexico. Additionally, Mark himself is slated to be on the Rosie O'Donnell Show sometimes on the week of September 17. This will coincide with the […]
Closed for the Holiday!
Dave Hrynkiw
August 31, 2001
As the rest of North America will be closed Monday September 3rd, so will we. Business as usual on Tuesday!
MIT's Rod Brooks papers
Dave Hrynkiw
August 27, 2001
Just a quick addition for now - there was a link submitted from the BEAM mailing list regarding Rod Brooks' papers at MIT. Some very worthwhile reading for those long, summer afternoons in the shade... Read More...
Spyder Detail Pictures
Dave Hrynkiw
August 17, 2001
One of the most popular BEAM Walkers ever built was Mark Tilden's VBug 1.1 - Spyder. We've recently had the opportunity to shoot a series of high-resolution detail pictures of this robot, which we're now making available to you!
Vibebots for fun
Dave Hrynkiw
August 16, 2001
We do some stuff around the office just for fun once-in-a-while. One of these projects resulted in this set of Vibebots, built by Grant McKee. Simple, a bit noisy, but FUN!
Shok Circuits
Dave Hrynkiw
August 15, 2001
Here's a little something from Grant in the development lab - a very simple pair of circuits based on Mark Tilden's Bicore Shok architecture. This circuit makes for a very simple, effective Photovore robots, or even a photo-head. Take a look - schematics & parts listed included! We've also added a gallery entry for these […]
Push Pin Videos
Dave Hrynkiw
August 1, 2001
We've had some requests on exactly what do the pushpins do. So, we added videos for two of them. Push Pin 1 (Masher Point) Push Pin 3 (Chisel Point)
Helios Turbots
Dave Hrynkiw
July 13, 2001
These new Baby "Helios" Turbots by Grant McKee are an experiment to see how much can be done Turbot-wise with a single motor.
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