I'm working on going through my first Robotics BOOK which happens to be "The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots" by Gareth Branwyn. I'm finishing up...
hi group, anyopne here post links/schemes for an unmodded servo circuit? the internal electronics of servos.... maybe i could add it to my walker.. tnx. -ralph...
Hi all, I am trying to find a good tilt switch for a project I am working on. Surface mount would be nice but is not necessary. I do, however, need the...
Hi i got a a Question about one of the beam sensors that i built. its one Wilf Rigter's E-sensor. im biulding the one that uses the 2n700 transitor. is it me...
If I were to build a medium to large size robot and wanted a screen attached to the bots body would the screen from a laptop work? I have about a half dozen...
Thoroughly odd: I measured the voltage over ground and the middle leg (output right?) of the 78L05 and the voltrage is a full 9 volts from the battery! And the...
During a very dull maths lecture today, me an a few friends came up with the idea of designing a beam bot that can find its way through a right anglged corner...
Hey guys I'm on a robotics team again (4th year). its remote controlled stuff, but its still really fun. Each year we have a competition, which includes a...
I am adding a new links section to my website and want to add any active websites that you guys have and are proud to display! Also if anyone has links that...
Get to them if you want to salvage cheap parts, I hit another bargain today a B.I.O Bug containing 2 gm's and other useful bits, How much? 50p! yes thats right...
I just set up a map on frapper.com you can sign in and it will add a pushpin on the map of your location. now we can see where most US and Canadian beamers...
There is no longer a BEAM exhibit at the Lab's museum. Interestingly, though, they had to swap out one of the reporoduction of one the th bombs for another...
I have finally released pictures of my new Police V2 mini sumo robot! @ www.tombot.net (under the beam robots section). Not only that but I have recieved my...
i got this link to a new magazine all about robots. read the sameple articles. So far it looks pretty good, you can get a free magazine (as long as you fill...
Hey all, I don't know if you all got to know me or not, but I used to post a lot about 2 years ago. I got out of BEAM for quite a while due to school. Here is...
Today myself and a fellow student held a meeting with professors in the Electrical Engineering department at Liverpool University (where I attend Robotics)....
Hello group, Had a demanding schedule for the past several weeks and my Beam efforts have fallen behind. Today, I am catching up on emails. I hope you'll ...
Hi again! Ok, I just finished uploading my site. There are 3 video clips of Moon-Walker. Please visit: http://haroldsbeambugs.solarbotics.net/moonwalker.html ...
I came across this robotic site and thought it was pretty cool. www.Endtas.com Just go to the robot section :) Its made by a guy in Turkey Özkal so the sites...
Hello group, I've been building several PIC programmers just to test some of their capabilities. I have also noticed that they *always* use a 74LSXX buffer....
I work as the CIO of two mid-sized companies and I'm new to building robots. I just finished my first (the coathanger walker), of course as I went to glue the...
Hi group! Well, I just want to introduce my 2-motor-walker that I just finished a while ago. It's just a sample picture of it, but the webpage for this bot...
... Pretty self-explanatory (go to an electronic components shop, ask for those values, and they will give you the right ones). However, those values are: 2...
Single low-voltage gates (including 7414-style schmitt triggers) in very tiny packages: http://www.standardics.philips.com/products/aup/ MOSFETs with extremely...
