Sloth Robot
Looks like a neat 4-servo kit, too bad they don't sell it without Arduino.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZH8LZS
Appears to be an open source Cubee:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZH8LZS
Appears to be an open source Cubee:
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Being STEM in all, having a complete ready-to-go kit is important. So I can understand their bundling everything together. It's a nice looking robot, even with the absolutely gargantuan caps on their servo board. I mean, they're HUGE!
True, but why buy the cow kit when you can get the milk finished item for free less?
$35 Cubee https://www.gearbest.com/rc-robot/pp_1257078.html?wid=1433363
I'm told some people still knit sweaters, even though they can buy them for $20 at Walmart.
Suddenly I have an urge to eat apples and Snickers in my dingy blue cardigan.
Back to sloths. I'm usually not interested in these simplistic waddling platforms as a teaching tool for robots (hard to hang more stuff off it), but this one has a particular attraction to it. I might get one to tinker.
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https://www.ottodiy.com/
Looks worth checking out!
A rolling robot isn't as "cool" to start but you can do more customizing with it. It seems to me their printed parts model would allow easy conversion to other styles of robots that would allow a whole new set of robotics experimentation.
In all, though, it's a nice platform and their Web site is well done.
Wim with Jim! Obscure "Cheers" reference.