Soldering Iron Aquired!

Still awaiting the arrival of the book that will help me begin building robots from my junk... but I do have my soldering iron! WOOHOO!

Basic, Weller soldering iron. 40 watts. Up to 900 degrees. About 17 bucks at Home Depot.

I am excited to build something. I've considered buying a kit just to get the feel for it, but it kind of ruins the fun of finding all the parts on your own. Anyway stick around... Soon I'll be building a robot!

It all begins here!

So I bought a couple of Hexbug Nano's the other day for amusement at work and don't get me wrong... they are a ton of fun! However when I began to post some of my friends and my bug's races on youtube, I discovered that one can basically build the same thing with a toothbrush head and a cell phone vibrator.

This got me researching and that was when I stumbled upon the acronym BEAM!

Biology - Why wouldn't you imitate it?
Electronics - The simple components to drive your little bots
Aesthetics - With a background in graphic design and as an independent comic artist, this naturally for me is a must!!!
Mechanics - The bread and butter of what makes your robot walk,slide,move the way you want it to.

The more I researched, the more this began to scratch my brain right where it itches!

So I've ordered a copy of "Junkbots, Bugbots and Bots on Wheels" pictured in this entry and I'm off today to aquire a soldering iron.




This is literally the beginning of my journey! I hope you will all come along with me! See you all soon with my projects! Keep watching for the forum. I really think a good BEAM Bot forum is needed and I am developing one now!

Happy botting!