Good, keep thinkin' 'bout it. All Real roboticists cut their teeth on a BoeBot. Still looks good on your shelf (and robotics resume) years later. And it's nice to have a common chassis with all the other fans here to share code. We make our own challenges & contests for kicks & giggles.
the RIS was the first programmable lego kit, the NXT line was it's sucessor, we are on the second iteration of the NXT line, 2.0. As far as the next NXT kit, that is several years off so don't hold your breath, you don't need more power than the NXT brick provides to read sensors and move motors hence there is ZERO reason to upgrade it. I have the NXT 2.0 kit as well as tons of extra parts I bought off ebay. I bought it to get my kids into robotics, they are 7 and 5 and it is great. Once you figure out how to program in the NXT interface, you can branch out and work with the NXT hardware in a number of different programming languages.
Gears, trusses, extra wires you name it, here is a project my son and I did, a vertical marble pump. It is still built, I will make a video of it in action this weekend.
Okay... Who here thinks I am being lazy about the boe bot and creating a robot arm and all that... Should I put the NXT 2.0 on hold and continue working with the boe bot and whats a microcontroller kit
and see if I can build a robotic arm that plays chess from scratch?
Sweet! I had forgotten about Duane's popsicle stick robot. I can't find it now, but there's a simple walker made of freebie paint stir sticks on LMR, IIRC. Exotic materials and a machine shop are fun, but not required, hapalua. Time to get crackin'!
Exotic materials and a machine shop are fun, but not required
That was exactly the reason for making the popsicle stick robot. To show you don't need a lot of expensive tools or supplies to build a robot, not even a relatively complex one like a hexapod.
I still plan to rebuild the popsicle stick robot but with beefier servos. I concidered using shorter pieces of stick for the joints but then it wouldn't really be a popsicle stick would it? Besides, I've used the servos from my first one in the frame Paul K. gave me.
So I am in the process of building a robot arm utilizing the two servos from the boe bot kit and one servo from whats a micro controller kit. Is it possible to make this chess playing arm
using the PBASIC code? or do i have to use a programming language like JAVA?
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Keep it. Love it. Learn all it can teach you!
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?138125-Erco-s-Figure-Eight-Challenge
Thanks!
EBAY!
you should try it and use EBAY!
other pople do....
Enjoy!
Mike
It looks like hapalua needs one!!!!!
and see if I can build a robotic arm that plays chess from scratch?
A BOEbot in the hand is worth some blocks in the bush! (well, you get the idea!)
(come on guys, you didn't expect me to let that one just sit there???)
That was exactly the reason for making the popsicle stick robot. To show you don't need a lot of expensive tools or supplies to build a robot, not even a relatively complex one like a hexapod.
I still plan to rebuild the popsicle stick robot but with beefier servos. I concidered using shorter pieces of stick for the joints but then it wouldn't really be a popsicle stick would it? Besides, I've used the servos from my first one in the frame Paul K. gave me.
Now, it has a ping pong ball attached to the back end with some cable ties....build cost did increase a bit!
using the PBASIC code? or do i have to use a programming language like JAVA?