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How do you get to a level where you know how would you implement a certain bot idea in your mind?

Hey,

I'm very new to robotics. I'd made a simple wired car a couple of years ago, but that's pretty much about it.

 

I see different people ask different questions on the forum about how they can do a specific thing they're thinking about doing and I just keep wondering how the people who answer those questions know it.

 

From Picaxe to Arduino

OddBot's picture

When I joined LMR I had just written my first picaxe program. After 16 months I have finally crossed over to Arduino. The biggest problem I found was that all the commands were not in one neat package like the picaxe manuals (Manual 2 in particular).

Another great idea that I didn't have

Rudolph's picture

The Arduino Experimentation Kit (from oomlout) is a pretty damn slick thing. Usually I'm one of the shit talkers about Oomlout's stuff (they think a lot of their laser cut plastic). This thing isn't quite as pricey as I'd expect from them though. At 80 USD it _might_ actually be worth buying the kit instead of ordering parts from different places (and then paying multiple shipping charges).