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Roboscout - Any info? tandmkennedy 05-21-2006
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Posted by on May 21, 2006, 6:30 pm
I just picked up one of these at a flea market. Paid $120. I couldn't
resist. Unsure if it worked, it still looked so darn cute. I brought
it home, and it worked just fine. Bot and remote worked great. Anyone
know where I could find some online instructions?

It appears to be pretty straight forward, but just wondered if there
was any thing else to know that I can't figure out by messing around
with the controller?

Anyone else have one of these? Thanks.

Proud New Owner of "Egg Head Fred".


Mike :)


Posted by Curt Welch on May 22, 2006, 12:55 am
tandmkennedy@hotmail.com wrote:
> I just picked up one of these at a flea market. Paid $120. I couldn't
> resist. Unsure if it worked, it still looked so darn cute. I brought
> it home, and it worked just fine. Bot and remote worked great. Anyone
> know where I could find some online instructions?

Did you try to Google roboscout? There seems to be a few personal web
sites about it as well as a yahoo discussion group.

I had never heard of these things until your post but it looks like fun.
Do you know how long they have been around?

--
Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/
curt@kcwc.com http://NewsReader.Com/

Posted by L'ectro on May 22, 2006, 4:45 am
Hi Mike,

I'm fond of my little guy.

I paid about that for him from Sharper Image's ebay store a couple of
years ago. I was lucky to get one with no problems.

I definitely recommend the yahoogroup. Not much traffic, but a good
resource.

The manual's more like a leaflet; not much detail. Pretty
self-intuitive.

I love the name you chose; it's been two years, and i have yet to come
up with a good one. I'm thinking of holding a naming contest within the
DPRG.

If you take yours apart for whatever reason, *document it!* You will be
glad when you have to put Fred back together again.

Regards,
--Electro--
aka The Other David
www.dprg.org


Posted by on May 30, 2006, 2:45 pm
David,

Where do you get a replacement battery for the robot (not the remote
control). I fear my bot's battery is dead :-(


Thanks,

Ram


Posted by L'ectro on June 11, 2006, 2:10 am

rmeenaks@olf.com wrote:
> David,
> Where do you get a replacement battery for the robot (not the remote
> control). I fear my bot's battery is dead :-(
> Thanks,
> Ram

Ram,

If you're outside the U.S., your best local bet might be an alarm
supply company.
Scout uses a big square 12 volt gel cell, similiar to those used to
back up security systems in case of power failure.

HTH,
Regards,
--Electro--
aka The Other David
www.dprg.org


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