Links
Following links are used for reference to buy parts, investigate kinds of robots, and nice sites for fun.
Robot Building Parts
http://www.graupner.com and
http://www.servocity.com: Show
all kinds of servos, and has information about servo
specifications and types of servos.
http://www.ksmetals.com:
Building materials used for the robot. You can not find what
they sell in local hobby shops however. Graupner, mentioned
above, does however show on-site what kind of metal building
materials they offer.
http://www.gumstix.com:
Very interesting micro computer which might be purchased in a
later phase to give the robot much more intelligence when the
software in the Brainstem is getting tool large.
http://www.hitecrcd.com: Like Graupner, they
sell servos, and on this site you can find specs of them.
http://www.acroname.com:
The controller used in the robot.
http://www.conrad.nl:
Excellent Dutch hobby -and electronics shop selling everything
you need (apart from controllers) to build your robot.
Robot Examples
http://www.tarry.de: Very
clean, high-tech design hexapod.
http://www.lynxmotion.com:
Shows several complete robot kits. The website also has
interesting videos of the robots they sell, and shows the
hexapod design video where you can see the sliding legs.
http://home.earthlink.net/~henryarnold:
Nice design with the same concept as used above.
home.ctlnet.com/~robotguy67/hexapod/hexapod.htm:
Shows excellent examples of high tech, home built robots. The
site is interesting as well to gain knowledge on robot building
from a builders' perspective.
http://www.beam-online.com:
Uses 5 servos for walking. It shows an example of how to use
servos directly as hinges, and how to attach legs to
them.
http://bots_by_jbs.solarbotics.net/walker.html:
The incredible walking machine. Uses solar power, and
customized motors to propel itself.
Other
http://www.batteryuniversity.com:
Useful information how to handle chargeable batteries.
catch22.eu/htcdesiresv: Interesting page on the new Dual SIM HTC Desire SV
maartenhotze.nl: My photo site.
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