electronics setup for beginner

[ati2de22]

what would be a good setup to have that would allow me to expierment and teach myself basic stuff and work into more complicated. i am new to this and this is my first time ever messing with robots and programming. thanks for your help.

[Choco_liger]

$50 robot?

http://www.societyofrobots.com/step_by_step_robot.shtml