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Anyone with robotics experience I can brain-pick?
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CoryBee:
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lilshawn:
start simple...

turn an LED off and on with your chosen interface.

add if then input...

turn an LED off if this switched is pressed, turn it on when pressed again.

gradually build up to sexy bot.

once you get the basics down, motors, microphones and proximity sensors become a piece of cake.


source:
built a roverbot out of an apple IIe computer back in the early 90's.
yotsuya:
A start?
BadMouth:
I had a Tomy Verbot as a kid, does that count?  :lol



There are non working ones of fleabay for around $30.
I'm tempted to pick one up for a "someday" project, but have too many of those already.
It would be a neat little base to build from.
It's driven by tiny little wheels on the sides, so it doesn't do well on anything but hard surface floors.

I'm currently working my way through the MAKE:Electronics book and it's pretty awesome IMO.
Learning a lot.  The final project is a simple robotic cart.
lilshawn:
not sure what your level of experience is with BUILDING but i got this book as a kid

 http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Builders-Bonanza-Gordon-McComb/dp/0071750363

it has lots of useful information, but not everything. it sort of leads you in the direction you need to go but leaves the learning (and how to) up to you. Which is why i loved it. I like doing things for myself. it's where i started out.
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