help for a newbie
help for a newbie
by voodoo
Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:57 pm
Hi im new to this site and robotics allthough i have had a keen interest in them for a number of years i have had some experiance with servos etc from my other hobby of racing nitro powered rc cars now that the market has changed and prices are more accesable to me i think the time is right for me to build my own robot but here is the million dollar question and im sure you have all heard it a million times before so ill say sorry in advance ..here goes which one would be the best kit for me to start with ??? i would like to advance to adding mods to my robot once i got the basics down like adding sonar etc so far im drawn between the bioloid kit and the khr1 kits ??? any advive would be appreciated
thanks
darren
thanks
darren
by PaulP
Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:02 am
I asked the same question about 4 weeks ago.
From the responses I received I found that people can't recommend a particular one because they all seem to be the best buy for different goals
It really depends on your abilities and what you want to achieve.
Eventually I just read through the forums and followed peoples line of thinking as to what they were trying to achieve and asked myself if that was what I wanted to do.
Personally, I'm not into the fighting side of robots. Im more into the coding I suppose. I bought the KHR 1HV for the simple fact that it has the extra 2 DOF in the hip. Saves me having to figure out what someone else has already done a much better job of.
If you are into the motion and movement side of things, in my opinion, the RN1 seems more suited. The RN1, if I understood the thread I have read, has some security or something around the start-up so direct programming may be difficult or at least more specialised than I am capable of...
I know this may sound a bit evasive but I'm fairly sure others will agree that you need to read through the available bits and pieces here and on the linked sites and decide what you really want to achieve with a robot..
From the responses I received I found that people can't recommend a particular one because they all seem to be the best buy for different goals
It really depends on your abilities and what you want to achieve.
Eventually I just read through the forums and followed peoples line of thinking as to what they were trying to achieve and asked myself if that was what I wanted to do.
Personally, I'm not into the fighting side of robots. Im more into the coding I suppose. I bought the KHR 1HV for the simple fact that it has the extra 2 DOF in the hip. Saves me having to figure out what someone else has already done a much better job of.
If you are into the motion and movement side of things, in my opinion, the RN1 seems more suited. The RN1, if I understood the thread I have read, has some security or something around the start-up so direct programming may be difficult or at least more specialised than I am capable of...
I know this may sound a bit evasive but I'm fairly sure others will agree that you need to read through the available bits and pieces here and on the linked sites and decide what you really want to achieve with a robot..
by zaboomafuu
Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:20 am
I am in the same boat you are.. I have already taken pauls advice to heart I am looking for some thing that is simple in its self I want to scratch build in the future. but atm I need some building blocks I am thinking about just getting a platform i can build on to firs I have been looking at a http://www.lynxmotion.com/Category.aspx?CategoryID=67 or a rn-1 just cuz I like to hack things I like the security on playing with his brain 8O
