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Posted by rue_mohr on August 8, 2006, 10:23 am
I'v been working on how to builld robots from threaded dor and drilled
plate, basically as mechano, its working out nicely, best of all , its
pretty cheap. you can get the threaded rod at about any hardware store
http://eds.dyndns.org:81/~ircjunk/cut-n-nut/cut-n-nut.html
http://eds.dyndns.org:81/~ircjunk/robots/tiptoes/tiptoes-fred.html
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hobby-robot-seeks-good-home_W0QQitemZ160013364430QQihZ006QQcategoryZ19198QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://eds.dyndns.org:81/~ircjunk/robots/sumobot/dscn7709.jpg
dan
Mark Fortune wrote:
> Charlie Brown wrote:
>
>> I'm a has-been geek who grew up on C64s and Amigas. I have a
>> non-professinoal background in programming from the late 80's. I'm
>> bored with the whole PC realm and am fascinated with robotics. I
>> believe that robotics is at the stage that PCs were during the late
>> 70's. Only geeks at this point find them interesting. I figure
>> within 20 years, we'll see a revolution in the industry just like we
>> saw with PCs in the 90's at which point consumer robots will have a
>> true use to mainstream society.
>> I'd like to get started as a hobbyist and am looking for advice on the
>> best kit that will offer me the ability to upgrade and add on to my
>> robot with cool stuff. My programming/software abilities are better
>> than my hardware and engineering skillset. I was looking toward the
>> Arrick Arobot. Is this a good one? I envision trying to develop
>> something of a security robot to which I can mount a camera and have
>> it roam the house and perhaps react upon motion.
>> linusb@yahoo.com
>
> I read a book when I was in my youth about robotics, and it was all made
> with lego and mechano.
>
> Mark
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> non-professinoal background in programming from the late 80's. I'm
> bored with the whole PC realm and am fascinated with robotics. I
> believe that robotics is at the stage that PCs were during the late
> 70's. Only geeks at this point find them interesting. I figure
> within 20 years, we'll see a revolution in the industry just like we
> saw with PCs in the 90's at which point consumer robots will have a
> true use to mainstream society.
>
> I'd like to get started as a hobbyist and am looking for advice on the
> best kit that will offer me the ability to upgrade and add on to my
> robot with cool stuff. My programming/software abilities are better
> than my hardware and engineering skillset. I was looking toward the
> Arrick Arobot. Is this a good one? I envision trying to develop
> something of a security robot to which I can mount a camera and have
> it roam the house and perhaps react upon motion.
>
> linusb@yahoo.com
>
>
>