Hey all!  I've recently been working on making a super easy, plug-n-play robotics shield for the Arduino targeted towards people just getting into robotics. The … Read more

It's Here! Now with Video of it in Action on dirt using 34:1 gearboxes and new videos going down and up stairs and over snow with 75:1 gearboxes. Now available in … Read more

Project Page The USBThumb is like a 'Super PropPlug' - out of the bag, it's a USB-Serial converter you can use to program your Prop and works just like a regular … Read more

The Mirrorbow USB 25IO /ADC / PWM Digital Interface Board provides a simple way of interfacing a PC to custom electronic circuits without requiring USB or Windows … Read more

This ball caster can be used as a replacement 3pi robot part or as a general-purpose ball caster. When mounted through a hole in a chassis that uses our micro … Read more

During the first Mr. Basic contest some people had trouble driving their motors because of the current required and because of the low voltage provided by Mr. … Read more

I have just received one of these actuators, in preparation for a lightweight Robot project. Also known as Nano muscle or miga motor. I would like to share the info … Read more

The Universal Adapter Board (named by microcontrolled!) is a handy little adapter to do stuff like: Connect a SpinStudio mainboard to Propeller Platform or Mobo … Read more

Example with arduino here: http://letsmakerobots.com/node/17694   buy here: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8653  Read more

The idea of the TermBoard is to give you a more sturdy connection than a breadboard, but still give you flexibility to change wiring. It uses 16 sets of Molex® … Read more

MINI Robocontroller The MINI robocontroller is designed for small robots. It incorporates a powerful AVR microcontroller, XBEE wireless radio, dual motor … Read more

This Battlestar-Galactica-inspired electronics kit from Dale Wheat makes a great beginner’s introduction to soldering. Once complete, the five included red … Read more

 ^Hey, can somebody fix this? I'm not a vendor. Note: Price depends on where you are buying from Usually used for art, craft and photography. But I touched one of … Read more

This hybrid bipolar stepping motor has a 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 670 mA at 3.5 V, allowing for a holding torque … Read more

This hybrid bipolar stepping motor has a 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 670 mA at 4.5 V, allowing for a holding torque … Read more

This hybrid bipolar stepping motor has a 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 280 mA at 7.4 V, allowing for a holding torque … Read more

This hybrid bipolar stepping motor has a 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 500 mA at 10 V, allowing for a holding torque … Read more

This hybrid bipolar stepping motor has a 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 1000 mA at 2.7 V, allowing for a holding torque … Read more

This small hybrid bipolar stepping motor has a 1.8° step angle (200 steps/revolution). Each phase draws 600 mA at 3.9 V, allowing for a holding … Read more

This 5.5" (14cm) cable has two 26awg conductors with a 2mm-pitch 2-pin female JST connector. The other ends of the wires are unterminated; they can be cut to … Read more

This is a cool little project designed by Ryan O'Hara: The Blue LED Matrix Display.  It combines a MAX7219 and a 64 Blue LED panel so you can do animations, … Read more

4WD driven mobile robot platform designed for Arduino    Wheel Diameter: 65mm Max Speed: 90cm/s Size: 200mm(length) 170(width) 105(height) 4 DC motor driven (270 … Read more

5V Regulators Being stupid I can never find out how much resistor and what do i know I would need to get my 7,2V Racing pack battery to turn in to nice 5V that my … Read more

Morpheus is a dual processor Propeller based single board computer with special features designed for my upcoming Largos operating system - but it will run just … Read more

Introducing Parallax's own all-custom silicon, designed at the transistor level by schematic! The Propeller module is a multi-processing chip, with shared memory … Read more

I have posted some tip/walkthroughs on home made IR sensors for obstacle detection and later for motion tracking. Now DAGU proudly presents the IR compound eye. … Read more

Get a FREE copy of Elektor magazine’s March issue with your order, while supplies last. This offer is only available for orders shipped to USA or Canada. To … Read more

The OWI-535 Robotic Arm Edge Kit is a remote-controlled robotic arm kit with five degrees of freedom, a 3.5oz (100g) lifting capacity, and an LED light. Using five … Read more

The TPA81 sensor is a thermopile array detecting infra-red in the 2um-22um range. This is the wavelength of radiant heat. The Pyro-electric sensors that are used … Read more

Accelerometers are very exciting little things. When I say "little", I mean it, as they usuallyfits 4 or more on a finger nail! And each typically has some 7-20 … Read more

This looks like a promissing new product from picaxe. A surface mount 28X2 on a circuit board with pins to add it to a breadboard. it looks a lot like the Arduino … Read more

 Okay, it's not perfect for robotics, but I've been working on this one for about a month and I'm pretty proud of it, so I figured I'd share: Read more

PropNet is from from Brilldea (website). It's just available as a bare PCB, but I'll pick up a few boards from them and offer it as a kit. Anyway - here's the … Read more

i bought in to this deal - and it really is the most funny set of motor & wheel I have encountered so far: http://www.solarbotics.com/products/gm10w_deal/ Cool … Read more

This breakout board from Sparkfun is a carrier for the ISD1932 multiple-message record/playback IC. It can record up to 64 seconds of voice messages with two … Read more

This carrier board is designed to work with any of the MQ-series gas sensors, simplifying the interface from 6 to 4 pins that are broken out with a 0.1" … Read more

This carrier board is designed to work with any of the MQ-series gas sensors, simplifying the interface from 6 to 3 pins—ground, power and analog voltage … Read more

The 8325HV digital servo from Power HD is the ultimate high-performance servo: it features high-precision digital electronics, a coreless motor, and low-backlash … Read more

The DS120M digital servo from Power HD, a high-quality, servo with digital control electronics for increased performance, is one of the fastest standard-size servos … Read more

There are a few models of this but the SM125-IC is an RFID Interigator with read/write capabilities and I2C connection capabilities. I have been looking for a chip … Read more

The DS65HB digital servo from Power HD is a sub-micro servo with digital control electronics for increased performance; it is the smallest digital servo and … Read more

This epoxy-encapsulated monocrystalline solar cell offers 6.7V and 31mA in a 37x33mm package. Now updated with the Miller Engine circuit! Read more

This single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) rocker switch makes a great on/off power switch. It is rated for 10 A at 125 VAC and 6 A at 250 VAC. Read more

This heavy duty single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) toggle switch makes a great power switch or state selector for user interfaces. It is rated for 5 A at … Read more

This miniature single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch can be used as a general-purpose micro switch or as a small tactile bump sensor for your robot. The switch … Read more

This single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch can be used as a general-purpose micro switch or tactile bump sensor for your robot. The switch body dimension is … Read more

This single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch can be used as a general-purpose micro switch, but the long lever arm makes it especially useful as a tactile bump … Read more

This single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch can be used as a general-purpose micro switch or tactile bump sensor for your robot. The switch body dimension is … Read more

This single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch can be used as a general-purpose micro switch or tactile bump sensor for your robot. The switch body dimension is … Read more

This discrete MOSFET H-bridge motor driver enables bidirectional control of one high-power DC brushed motor. The compact 1.8x1.2-inch board supports a wide 5.5 to … Read more