BEAM robotics is fairly easier to get into
than "conventional" robotics. I say that because their is no huge sum microcontroller
to buy, 50$ is all you need to get into BEAM.
In order to keep myself interested, I explored
into BEAM, and IMMEDIATELY found it easier to do than "conventional" robotics.
In minutes I was understanding the circuits, and in the same time I was
"hooked". I looked at Steve Bolt's SUNEATER site, and found the SUNEATER
I. I decided to build it. A spent a month looking for parts for it, wondering'
how to make a PCB, etc... Than I ran into SOLARBOTICS. Hm... I looked in
thier Downloads section, had a simple tutorial on how to make a Solar
engine. I downloaded it, and looked at it. Since then I have gotten into
several projects, a Flat free formed photopopper, (tongue twister I tell
ya) a 1381 SE, and the one I was driveling on earlier on the page. The
1381 doesn't have a page of it's own.....yet.
BTW: I have junked the SUNEATER I project. No
longer in existence.It's dead. Gone to meet it's maker. Deceased. On the
little cloud waaaayy up there.
For more info and regular updates on my projects,
check these links.
Pop1
SFW 1.0 My first BEAM 'bot!
SLUG, My second BEAM 'bot!
LINKS
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