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ACK ! - Part 1

By ackjay

March 25, 2012
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Backing off on my Take 2.5 project to work on the basics of robot design with this...

ACK! - Part 1

Using a modded 14m project board here...

The Other Side Of The Board...

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PICAXE or Arduino For Starters

By Colonel Rock

May 28, 2010

I am just starting out in the field of robotics, and I am looking for someplace to start.
I was wondering if anyone had anysuggestions on which hardware I should learn first.
My end goal is to be able to control my bots remotely via wireless of some kind.
I have listed two of the kits I am looking at getting below. One is the PICAXE starter kit from LMR and the other is a starter bundle for Arduino's from Solarbotics. Any suggestions would be welcome.

LMR Starter Kit
http://www.solarbotics.com/products/lmr-sh/

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simple ardbot

simple Arduino robot test platform
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  My first non-kit robot. Inspired a lot by the "Start here" robot on this site! Read more
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simple ardbot - start

By kitsu.eb

February 5, 2010
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I've just started on my first proper robot. I had a bunch of parts laying around that I had bought over the last several weeks, and when I was organizing them they sort of logically grouped into a basic robot:

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simple ardbot
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Large Solenoid Actuator driven Display

By cordellion

October 27, 2009
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Hello, I am new to this site so I hope you won’t mind if I ask a few questions that I am sure are going to sound quite amateurish to most of you. 

I am an American living in Berlin working on a collaboration between two art research institutes here.  I have been given the task of putting together a proposal for a dynamic moving display. That will be featured next year as part of a conference on kinesthesia. 

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Tamy 1.1

Nav with IR, back away from edges
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Ok so I have made my 'Start Here' robot on tamiya tracks, twin geared motors and plate set. The program is based on the 'Start Here' project with a few changes to … Read more
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Help? Programming PICAXE?

By wallyprogrammer

January 28, 2009
I'm sorry if i sound like an idiot, but...
i have: picaxe 28 starter pack
1 motor
1 hitec hs-325 servo
a laptop and the programming editor for picaxe
im sorry if this is really annoying and its too similar to the start here link, but i need HELP!!! 
for some reason i cannot program the 28...
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YAY!!!

By Dulumoon

July 12, 2008
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i am FINALLY starting my project!!!! i am gonna order them soon. If it wasn't for this site, i wouldn't be interested in robots at all. *GASP!* thanks guys!
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E-Wall
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Getting Started

By jklug80

April 25, 2008
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I want to get started, but I need help putting a decent started pack together. I know I need a board, download cable, etc, but what other toys should I start with?

 I want to be able to start off small: get a light to blink. Then move to getting several lights to blink in order or random order. Then I want to move onto attaching a motor and getting it to spin. Eventually I want to build a robot that will do all of my work, but baby steps right?