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OhGizmo Review: BEAM Photopopper Photovore Robot Kit

Started by dponce80 · 3 months ago

By Evan Ackerman

I like robots rather a lot, but I never thought I might actually be capable of building one until I ran across a website about photovore robots. Most photovores are small, solar powered BEAM (biologically inspired) bots with a solar panel, light sensors, and a tiny ... Continue reading »

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Alex
1 year ago

He's a cute little guy. :)
I just built a small solar panel onto my roof wich had a wire running down to a smal fan that I clipped onto my cap. Summer gaming! Would be cool if I could buy one of those kits and modify it so that the solar panel would swivel in the suns direction.

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GadgetChick
1 year ago

Very cute! But I am such a clutz with small things, though - I took one look at all the pieces and it's way out of my league. That's not even including the "learn to solder" bit!

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Dustin
1 year ago

Don't worry! I know how you feel. There's plenty of instructions for easier robots that don't use such small parts. Some are battery powered, but can later be modified for solar operation. Here's a couple of my favorites:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.m.avos/others.htm
http://costaricabeam.solarbotics.net/Circuits/V...

These can give you a great deal of practice. Plus, they won't cost nearly as much.

If you need more help, you can email me, and I'll give you some more links. Please note the it'll take me a while to reply (week or two). I don't check that email account much, but I will respond eventually.

Dustin

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1 year ago

At last...
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