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I just discovered your site, and it is the site I've been looking for.
I've always wanted to build my own robots, but I'm a software guy, and my electronics skills are weak. I'm going to be looking over your tutorials very carefully over the next few weeks. Just went through your waterproofing tut, and I must say it's great work. (I also clicked on a few ads for you. :)
Just wanted you to know your work is appreciated.
-Chris

I just wanted to write to you to say Good Work on your website. I first ran onto your website looking at a home made H bridge for my first robot. It was there I was introduced the MOSFET. Can't wait to get my hands on some.
I also loved your robot tutorial. I am a programmer peeking into the world of robotics and love the more I look. First thing I noticed is I was quickly overwhelmed with terms, formulas, and expensive parts. Your tutorial simplified it all.
Keep up the good work, also hopefully if I can speed up the rate of building and learning I may enter in your contest which I also think is great!
Please keep up the good work for robot newbies like me :)
-blacklocist

I really want to thank you, ADMIN, for the awesome tutorials you have written up! The $50 robot is an awesome way to get everyone started. (You make it look waayyy to easy though) LOL
-Anoroc

I am sending you this pm to thank you for making this site! I have already made a post asking something and judging from the quality of the site I will have an answer in no time.
-Lefteris

Many thanks for the site. Confused students find it very useful =)
-Teodor

I was going to write to you after actually finishing my robot...or at least starting it for that matter. But I felt compelled to write to you after finding your site. I can already tell that your website will ultimately make me sucessfull in building my first robot! Your good humour and info that you display makes it easy for me to read the articles on your website. As well, the multitude of pictures were a refreshing change from other websites I come upon, where text after text is hard to follow and boring. I have decided to build a remote-controlled robot from scratch for my Grade 12 Computer Engineering course, and I know your site will help me do it. I had no idea where to start. I'm pretty good with electronics but have never built a remote control robot from scratch before. So thanks in advance, your site is great. I'll recommend it to anyone else looking for info on how to build a bot for their first time.
Much Thanks,
-Joshua

I have really become a big fan of your site. I send anyone who comes to me with any interest to your site. And congratulations on the paper award. I read your work, it is a pretty cool idea.
-Jim, Systems Engineer, Raytheon Company

hey, congrats dude, what you do here is amazing! you've been answering every question, even two of mine, in a pretty damn short time. i've been reading the tutes for a while, and only after some time i decided to actually join the forums. if you wrote them, well, that's even more amazing. ...bravo, again, and best of all!
-izua

yesterday I won co - grand champion for my highschool sciencefair for work with autonomous object avoidance. there is no way I could have done it without you guys, I thank you soooo much for helping me debug my code and putting up with my attitude problems / bossyness at the 11th hour, (aka, as I was sitting there with a dysfunctional robot less then 48 hours befor the due date.) now I go to regional science fair in 2 weeks. thanks for this opertunity. and thanks admin, for running the coolest robotics forum Ive ever seen. (actualy,i think its the only, pure robotics forum Ive ever seen)
-maverick monk

Hi everyone, I have been using this site for about 6 months now and would first like to say how brilliant it is and the resources available on it have been extremely useful to me.
-Crooksie

I must tell you how fantastic SOR is AND how instrumental it has been for me the last three years. I have found nothing like it on the web - you have the complete package deal. Kudos!
-Don, ACME Robotics

admin this whole site is amazing i was looking into getting into robotics for quite sometime but this is by far the best site out there couldnt imagine building one without SoR
-Richard

Hello,
I try to browse the forums and answer random questions to the best of my abilities... but compared to you it's nothing. I suddenly realized how much input you put into this site, the dedication.
I felt the need to pm you and thank for all your work! I don't know if i'd have ever gotten this far without this site.
Thank you!!
-SomeSaba

Your website is the best. :D
-Ashish

Very impressive web site, especially for a one man noncommercial site. Good mix of the elementary stuff needed by beginners and the formulas and more complicated stuff needed by more advanced people.
-William, Senior Engineer, Robo Vac Systems Inc.

Cheers and thanks for all the effort you have put into making a very informative and easy to grasp site!
-Paula

I found your website and ideas very insightfull.
-Ryan

Hello, I just came upon your website and find it really fascinating. I cannot believe I haven't heard/seen it before. What a great resource for introducing people to robotics!
-Sam

Nice website BTW, I have been able to find many important resources here.
-Antonio

thanks for such a great resource for novice robot builders!
-James

Thats a great website you've put together. I've visited it many times to learn stuff. I am also a member on the forum. I graduated from Stevens-Tech, NJ with a degree in electrical engineering and enjoy robotics as a part-time hobby.
-Aaqil

I must say you've got a great site here, it's the best site I've run into in all my robot research. (and I've done a load ;)) respect, and I'm gladly contributing my part to this community by sharing my knowledge.
-Rebelgium

First of all, thanks for your time & this truly great website - I have made the choice to follow YOUR $50 robot to build my very first bot! Why I would follow your lead for my very first forray into this discipline is testament to your website, your knowledge and your writing clarity. Thank you.
-Dan (iCopyright_Everything)

You have a great web site. I am going to spend a lot of time going through the whole site.
-Bruce

i have learned A LOT from this tutorial and i think it is invaluable to read this if you are a beginner.
-Beginner435

Just really exciting stuff, and I love the site.
-Dan

Nice job you make here with this site/forum/tutorials =) You really create a community. Keep up the good work! ;)
-razvanc_roro

Thank you for your time and keep up the great website! (:
-Will

Greetings! First off I would like to say I love the work you have done on this website and I love how straightforward it is and how helpful it is. Thanks for taking the time to make it =)
-HDL_CinC_Dragon

Hi,
I have visited your site for the first time and I am really impressed by the robots you have built in particular the Taurus 2. Good job. Hopefully one day I hope i'll post some robot which I'll will build -gaining a lot of cdrive from your site.
Thanks and keep up the good work.
Best Regards,
-Carmel

I just noticed your nice web site. I didn't know about your site until today and I find it very good. Really. Robotics and electronics is close to my heart and I am actually building a new robot these days.
-Nir

tnx to whoever made society of robots! great site! =)
-njubi

Our family enjoyed your tutorial on building your first robot. Our boys are 7 and 10 and just getting intruiged by robots.
-Annette and family

thanks for making this forum posible to us...CHEERS!!
-Ryan

I've been a frequent visitor and have been reading the wonderful tutorials on this site-- they are very helpful.
-omee66

Congratualtions for putting up such an amazing robotics website. I wish i have seen a website like this five years back.
-Prashant

I have seen your robot tutorial, and I find it amazing and very usefull. It was an inspiration to my one2one project at college. I study postgraduate architecture in London Royal Collage of Art.
-Michal

Hello, I came across your site a few weeks ago when doing some background research and I've been going there quite frequently ever since. I think it's probably the best non-commercial robotics resource online certainly my favorite.
-Carl

Hello, i am a 1st year IT student in greece, and i relly admire your effort . . .
-Konstantinos

Hey, I love the website and I think you've done great with your tutorials. I really like all of this stuff and robotics fascinates me. I'm just a beginner, and I haven't built anything yet. I've been reading your tutorials (and they've really been helping)...
-Putmakeanything

I've built a few bots and made some kits for beginners in my club. I really enjoyed your society of robots site. I am a computer scientist that does this for fun so I lack some of the engineering underpinnings, which I think you did an excellent job of presenting in very simplified form.
-Janet

Thanks for the great vision tutorials ... I really enjoyed them.
-Steven

Just wanted to tell you thanks for all the very useful information on engineering robots. I am a second year student at Mesabi Range Community and Technical College and am enrolled in the Electrical and Industrial Automation Technologies program. I am in the process of desing and building a robot for one of the taconite mines up here in northern minnesota. The robotic tutorials have been extremely helpful.
Thank you again!
Sincerely,
-Derek

Thank you for a wonderful site.
-Yuri

I'm a robotics enthusiast from Lithuania. I really enjoyed reading Your articles at societyofrobots.com. Very, very impressive!
-Vitalij

I have been into amature robotics (mostly using Parallax Basic Stamps) for over 8 years, but never came across your site (until today, when there was a reference to it in a post on Parallax's forums)... Your site is great!!!! I was just about to make an investment in welding equipment, and read your overview about braising... awsome info! I just wanted to say "thanks" for a great website! Organized, well written, and an active forum!!! I will be visiting every day! Keep up the great work!
-Steve

i am a satisfied customer
-Jenny

i just want to thank you very much for this great efforts,its really a useful and great site.
-Ayman

I absolutely love your site! Was just wondering when part 3 of the computer vision tutorial will be up . . . I look forward to hearing about your techniques :)
-Ian

Just became interested in automation and found your site and it is great. Wish I could have found info like this when I was a kid.
-Dwight

I like your site. PS: Gun control is for robots.
-Paul

here in the robotics society also i have asked all the newcomers and the experienced ones to see the SoR website for information on robots
-Suren

I'm really impressed with the content on your site and forum
-Robert

SoR - The best tutorial I've ever read. I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading your material. I have some more than basic knowledge in physics, but your stuff is so much fun to read and gives some details about running over the neighbor's cat that you can't find in the books :) Awesome.
-Sten

Your site is awesome.
-Tim

Your site has been the most comprehensive and helpful that I have come across during my research
-Thomas

thank you so much indeed for this web site. It is really first aid help for those new in robotics.
-Zaki

I'd just like to thank you for creating www.societyofrobots.com. I had great fun reading your material! Wonderfully organized and well written. Keep up the great work!
-Fayez

Hey, its really very great to see such a brilliant site for people like me to fulfill their dreams, im working on my own and the material wat i got from this site and still getting it is commendable and really very very appreciable.
-Zaheer

Love your site!
-Ben

Hi, Your site has been a great help.
-Chee

your web site really has good information for robots
-Adam

Amazing site. Simple yet precise explainations related perfectly to a small design project Im working on. Keep up the good work. Perfect site.
-Ryan

I loved your site and learned so much from it. I literally read every page :)
-David

I'm from Poland and I have to say that I'm impressed because your tutorial is very easy to understand.
-Filip

I was looking around tonight for some circuits and saw your site. It seems you are well up to speed on some things I need to learn as well.
-Todd

I am a first time poster but long time reader. Your tutorials are excellent. I have yet to build a robot using your tutorials, but they are informative and well-written.
-trigger

I like your site, a lot of useful information
-drothreign

I found out about this site a few days ago, and it somewhat revived my interest for robotics. Ever since I was a kid I always found mechanical, electronic, logical and scientific things interesting. Robots were a bit of all of this.
-Nyx

I've been reading through your (admin) articles lately, and I must say I'm rather impressed. You've done a fairly good job from what I can tell. I especially like the humor you've injected along the way (especially the funding article).
-cjwillms

I love the site. I hope it continues to grow. This is one of the few really valuable and productive sites I have found on the internet. If there is anything I can do to help promote the site let me know. I would be glad to do it. =)
-Charlie1138

"I LOVE your site!" Seconded! To be any better it would have to be a wiki.
-Gopher

I've found your site to be quite informative
-T3XA5

by the way , wonderful job with this site, hope i had found it earlier! keep it going!
-bitsimo

Fantastic site by the way, when I decided I'd like to build a robot I had a terrible time trying to find a definitive resource until I stumbled upon this place (which is strange, as large and diverse as the internet is, you'd think there would be zillions of robot sites).
-MarZer

By the way, kudos for making a sweet site. I wish I couldve found a site like this when I was first getting into electronics. And I'm lovin the bbs
-Tron

I just came across this site, and found it great - Excellent tutorials & informative discussions.I am a beginner in robotics and any Tutorial is of great help. Thanks for the excellent work. =)
-cobraz