*......not good (yet)
** ok
*** good
***excellent
****exceptional (sites with Tutorials get this
a lot)
***** Very few sites get this rating. Very few
describes how special this
site is if it gets this rating!
Brian's BEAM page Great page with great 'poppers
http://members.xoom.com/beamboter/
****Steve's BEAM page. Steve has built a "matchbox" O-scope.
http://wollongong.apana.org.au/~ben/info/index.html
***Turtle Tek's page. Fairly good for begginers
with lots of content.
http://www.extremesc.com/turtletek/
***Excellent page, well done. Lots of 'bots to look at.
***Basic BEAM robotics. Good for begginers. It
has a part of the site for the original Solar engines M. Tilden made in
'89, aswell as some variations of it, and a "Micro power"(Built By Ken
Huntington) SE!!!
***Elmos's BEAM page. Has a tutorial on how to
use
soda cans to make good 'bot bodies.
***The richfiles page. Pretty good.
***BEAM robotics club. Yahoooo! A BEAM robotics club!
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beamrobotics
***Many, many 'bots (Almost an army.....) on this page. Take a look.
http://members.xoom.com/jfeser/
*****The OFFICIAL BEAM homepage (duh this gets 5 stars!)
http://nis-www.lanl.gov/robot/
***SUN BEAM. Has the BEST symet, and solar roller tutorial-if it is available.
http://members.aon.at/sunbeam/
*Jesse Meers' BEAM page.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/3375/index.html
___________retailers_________
****The BEST place to get Solar cells, PCBs,
Ses, and head kits.
Has the BEST prices for solar cells, whoops SB
by quite a bit.
3.25 for a 22x33 3.45 v 17 ma
Site is temporarily down. Check later to see
if it's up.
www.adaptobotics.com
****Where most BEAMers get parts.
Inflated prices. But LOTS of kits.
_____________tutorials____________
*****Chiu Has made what will be very close to
the
best place for begginers to start out at. Includes
a close to
perfect tutorial on making a photopopper.
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/6897/beam2.html
****Ben Hitchcock's BEAM/ electronics tutorials
page
Ben Has built a modified FLED photovore, except
that it is NOT a standard 1381 photovore. Sometimes it meanders around
the light pool, whereas a normal photovore swarms directly to it.
http://wollongong.apana.org.au/~ben/info/index.html
****Making a flat-free form popper on the back
of a
Solar cell!!
http://members.xoom.com/Star_BEAM/photovores/
tutorials/flatppopfreeformtutorial.htm
**Mike's BEAM website. Has a nice electronics tutorial.
http://members.home.net/mikemorrison/BEAM.html
*****BEAM online
_________Places to trade your 'bots/parts_________________
**THE place to buy, sell,and swap BEAM stuff.