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Newest Parallax Robot

Paul BakerPaul Baker Posts: 6,351
edited 2005-07-22 22:43 in Robotics
I stumbled onto Parallax's newest robot and have received permission to leak it's existance. It is the Scribbler Robot, a joint venture between Parallax, Element Products and Bueno Systems. It is a fully assembled robot geared towards younger·and less experienced users and has a BS2 for its brains. The website is www.ScribblerRobot.com and Parallax·expects product availibility August 13. It appears it will have a very cool GUI flowchart based programming interface.

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Post Edited (Paul Baker) : 7/19/2005 5:12:02 PM GMT

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  • YanroyYanroy Posts: 96
    edited 2005-07-19 17:37
    that looks and awful lot like one of those turtles from way back in the day.· I've always wanted to build one of those.· However, I don't think this one can raise and lower the pen on command?
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,392
    edited 2005-07-19 18:50
    Dear Paul and other customers,

    The Scribbler will be officially announced on August 10th, in just over three weeks. Most of our Scribbler team is finishing support-related documentation and examples, so we'll be a bit loathe to answer questions until our release is made public. You can count on the Scribbler being a very well-developed, complete product, especially for a first release.

    For now, you're free to·surf the www.scribblerrobot.com web site to see what this robot is all about.

    Sincerely,

    Ken Gracey
    Parallax, Inc.

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  • allanlane5allanlane5 Posts: 3,815
    edited 2005-07-19 19:24
    Very nice. I've used the Mindstorms graphical programming interface, and it can be very intuitive -- and looks similar in some ways to this thing. The kids (5th and 6th graders) found that interface very useable.

    I hope the price is not too high. It looks like a wonderful platform. I'd hope around $100 each, though that could be unrealistic. Note a Mindstorms kit is $200.
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,392
    edited 2005-07-19 19:52
    Allan,

    The price question is one I can answer now => $99.95. Under a hundred bucks.

    Ken Gracey
    Parallax, Inc.
  • OrionOrion Posts: 236
    edited 2005-07-19 22:56
    $99.95!! Thats a steal! Put me down for one...


    Backordered, I take it that desk above has cleared out [noparse]:([/noparse]

    Post Edited (Orion) : 7/19/2005 11:01:51 PM GMT
  • steve_bsteve_b Posts: 1,563
    edited 2005-07-20 01:48
    Here's a thought....could you replace the pen on the bottom with a laser....then put out a large sheet of photoetch PCB and draw circuits on it!!

    haha....cool for sure though!

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  • MacGeek117MacGeek117 Posts: 747
    edited 2005-07-20 03:12
    Great 'bot, if I do say so myself!·Ken, are the motors DC Brush or servo?
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  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2005-07-22 02:31
    I wish it had steppers to give absolute control to movement.
    Bean.

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  • Ryan ClarkeRyan Clarke Posts: 738
    edited 2005-07-22 05:43
    I got to see one, and they are neat!

    Ryan
  • allanlane5allanlane5 Posts: 3,815
    edited 2005-07-22 12:18
    "I wish it had steppers to give absolute control..."

    Yeah, yeah, everybody's a critic these days.

    For heaven's sake -- it has built in hardware for line following, IR bumpers, two motors, light sensors, a speaker, and three programmable LED's. AND it costs $99.95. AND it has that nice blue saucer shell. I suspect the 'pen holder' was an afterthought, but clever. AND it has that neat graphical programming interface.

    Gosh, I remember two years ago when the Tab Robots SumoBot (not sumo compatible) hit the scene at $100. All it had was two motors, IR bumpers, and a prototyping area.

    Hopefully, this will be a wonderful standard platform that will be almost immediatly 'kit-bashed' for other purposes. I'm sure you can be the first to install stepper motors (and a 595 to expand the I/O ports).

    Well, there's an idea -- how about a nice plug for a Parallax app-mod, so we can add prototyping boards?

    I'm not criticizing in ANY way, mind you.
  • PLJackPLJack Posts: 398
    edited 2005-07-22 22:43
    allanlane5 said...
    "I wish it had steppers to give absolute control..."

    Yeah, yeah, everybody's a critic these days.

    For heaven's sake..... <clip>

    I think Bean was being sarcastic regarding the "Community Mill" thread.

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