Comments on: robotics…??? http://robotechno.us/robotics.html Robotics Technology | Robotics News, Articles and Tutorial Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:30:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=971 By: RWhycome http://robotechno.us/robotics.html/comment-page-1#comment-8537 RWhycome Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:05:03 +0000 http://robotechno.us/robotics.html#comment-8537 If you are new to electronics I would suggest starting simple and try your hand at a B.E.A.M. ( biology, electronics, aesthetics, and mechanics ) robotics project. I found the solarbotics website among many when I did a web search for beam robotics. After learning some of the basics you can advance to a more complicated robot such as a sumo bot or a line follower. While you can use comparator based logic for simple bots, eventually you will want a microcontroller for your robots brain. Start with one that has a graphical programming environment. Once you have learned the basic concepts of programming you can then learn a more powerful programming language such as Basic or C++. Combine this skill with whatever you can learn about sensors, motor and servo control and mechanics. From there you can go wherever your your interests take you. Here is a list of robotics websites I found looking at the advertisements in last months Servo magazine and a few I found on the Servo website. While not all of these companies cater to beginners you should find their complex and expensive robots a source of inspiration if nothing else. http://www.servomagazine.com http://www.seattlerobotics.org http://www.parallax.com http://www.tinmanrobotics.com http://www.robotis.com http://www.crustcrawler.com http://www.solarbotics.com http://www.hitecrcd.com http://www.BudgetRobotics.com http://www.lynxmotion.com http://www.MaximumRobotics.com http://www.pololu.com http://www.gearseds.com http://www.vantec.com http://www.RobotShop.ca http://www.c-stamp.com http://www.NanoCore12.com http://www.hobbyengineering.com This list should keep you busy for a while! The Servo magazine and the Seattle Robotics Society websites are highly recommended. Be sure you look at the SRS FAQ page. Have fun. If you are new to electronics I would suggest starting simple and try your hand at a B.E.A.M. ( biology, electronics, aesthetics, and mechanics ) robotics project. I found the solarbotics website among many when I did a web search for beam robotics. After learning some of the basics you can advance to a more complicated robot such as a sumo bot or a line follower. While you can use comparator based logic for simple bots, eventually you will want a microcontroller for your robots brain. Start with one that has a graphical programming environment. Once you have learned the basic concepts of programming you can then learn a more powerful programming language such as Basic or C++. Combine this skill with whatever you can learn about sensors, motor and servo control and mechanics. From there you can go wherever your your interests take you. Here is a list of robotics websites I found looking at the advertisements in last months Servo magazine and a few I found on the Servo website. While not all of these companies cater to beginners you should find their complex and expensive robots a source of inspiration if nothing else.

http://www.servomagazine.com
http://www.seattlerobotics.org
http://www.parallax.com
http://www.tinmanrobotics.com
http://www.robotis.com
http://www.crustcrawler.com
http://www.solarbotics.com
http://www.hitecrcd.com
http://www.BudgetRobotics.com
http://www.lynxmotion.com
http://www.MaximumRobotics.com
http://www.pololu.com
http://www.gearseds.com
http://www.vantec.com
http://www.RobotShop.ca
http://www.c-stamp.com
http://www.NanoCore12.com
http://www.hobbyengineering.com
This list should keep you busy for a while! The Servo magazine and the Seattle Robotics Society websites are highly recommended. Be sure you look at the SRS FAQ page. Have fun.

]]> By: Michael G http://robotechno.us/robotics.html/comment-page-1#comment-8536 Michael G Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:55:16 +0000 http://robotechno.us/robotics.html#comment-8536 Here is another link (robot competitions), if you attend these competitions you are sure to meets some interesting and interested people. Here is another link (robot competitions), if you attend these competitions you are sure to meets some interesting and interested people.

]]> By: number3withadrpepper http://robotechno.us/robotics.html/comment-page-1#comment-8535 number3withadrpepper Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:08:01 +0000 http://robotechno.us/robotics.html#comment-8535 The best way to learn is to do. Here's some sites for robot kits. http://www.electronickits.com/robot/robot.htm http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&categoryId=75 The best way to learn is to do. Here’s some sites for robot kits.

http://www.electronickits.com/robot/robot.htm

http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&categoryId=75

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