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Title: New To Robot
Post by: turningegg on December 30, 2007, 11:57:54 PM

Hi! All,
I am new to robot and want to start now. Is there anyone can recommend me what should I do first?
Buy an assemble kit or read some reference?

Hehe...

Turningegg

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: GUmeR on December 31, 2007, 04:56:48 AM

My first post, so welcome to everybody :)

Read, read, read! $50 Robot tutorial is a very good place to start. It's much more fun to build something by yourself (not with assemble kit), but it's also much more difficult and time consuming if you are completely new to electronics.

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: sotu on December 31, 2007, 07:22:52 AM

Its not more to say, everybody who's new to robotic and come to this forum wondering what to start with get recomended to the $50 robot turtorial the admin has made on this page. This page is far more then just a forum, visit the www.societyofrobots.com  (http://www.societyofrobots.com) (not the forum) to get ureself starting.

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: turningegg on January 01, 2008, 03:16:41 AM

Ok! Thx,
But if I want assembly kit, what you all can propose to me?
I want two legs working robots. What u recommend?

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: Mega on January 01, 2008, 05:14:52 AM

How much money do you want to spend on a robot kit?

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: turningegg on January 01, 2008, 09:05:44 AM

I think it's about USD 600. I don't know. You can suggest some for me.

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: Steve Joblin on January 01, 2008, 09:30:05 AM

One of the best kits out there to get started in robotics is the Parallax BOEbot.... www.parallax.com

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: Mega on January 01, 2008, 10:18:35 AM

Some additional kit suggestions:
1. Asuro (http://www.arexx.com/arexx.php?cmd=goto&cparam=p_asuro.dat): small, cheap, simple, soldering required
2. RP6 Robot (http://www.arexx.com/rp6/html/en/index.htm): very nice robust platform (I've got one myself)
3. Lego Mindstorms NXT (http://mindstorms.lego.com/): nice if you don't have/want knowledge about electronics, this is the most expensive however.

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: Rebelgium on January 01, 2008, 03:35:39 PM

That's a very nice budget.
If you want a two legged robot you can search for "humanoid" robots.

Title: Re: New To Robot
Post by: turningegg on January 01, 2008, 09:03:52 PM

Thx for you all comment. I check it in your mentioned categories first