Looking for advice - want to buy my first robot - have $400.
Looking for advice - want to buy my first robot - have $400.
by Gadgetguy
Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:45 am
Hello all,
I have spent quite a bit of time reading this forum, and I am impressed by the experience and knowledge of most participants!
I would like to ask you for you advice.
I have about $400 to spend (maybe $500, but not more) and I would like to purchase my first robot kit. What would you recommend? Is there something in this pricerange?
Thanks for any advice...
I have spent quite a bit of time reading this forum, and I am impressed by the experience and knowledge of most participants!
I would like to ask you for you advice.
I have about $400 to spend (maybe $500, but not more) and I would like to purchase my first robot kit. What would you recommend? Is there something in this pricerange?
Thanks for any advice...
by hivemind
Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:02 am
Hello, Welcome to the forums.
Well depending on your experience (and if you can squeeze out just a little more money) then you have plenty of options. The RN-1 certainly has a lot of support here on the forums, and the Bioloid is a great robot. If you want to program in C (or just use the default software) and have the best servos for your money, then go with Bioloid. It seems a little lego-like (with all the designs you can create), but from what ive seen and read, it is a great bot. You may be able to find it elsewhere, but it seems like robosavvy has a decent price on it. You certainly will not regret spending the money for any of the bots here.
It seems to me though. that the RN-1 or the Kondo robots are a better robots for starting a design as you can easily dissasemble and recreate your robot with custom made brackets (aluminum, plastic, carbonfiber, cardboard-jk, but you name it). You have plenty of choices, take your time, whatever you buy you will enjoy.
-Hive
Well depending on your experience (and if you can squeeze out just a little more money) then you have plenty of options. The RN-1 certainly has a lot of support here on the forums, and the Bioloid is a great robot. If you want to program in C (or just use the default software) and have the best servos for your money, then go with Bioloid. It seems a little lego-like (with all the designs you can create), but from what ive seen and read, it is a great bot. You may be able to find it elsewhere, but it seems like robosavvy has a decent price on it. You certainly will not regret spending the money for any of the bots here.
It seems to me though. that the RN-1 or the Kondo robots are a better robots for starting a design as you can easily dissasemble and recreate your robot with custom made brackets (aluminum, plastic, carbonfiber, cardboard-jk, but you name it). You have plenty of choices, take your time, whatever you buy you will enjoy.
-Hive
by limor
Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:30 pm
Check out the Bioloid Beginners Kit (sold at this site).
It has the advantages of a Robotis kit -- very high quality product and a lego-for-adults environment for learning about robot control including embedded gcc, open protocols, GUI, etc.).
Have a look at this Robotis page where you can see some examples of what can be built with the beginners kit. Edit: they use cookies rather than URL to store language def. so you'll have to navigate to the Bioloid page..
It has the advantages of a Robotis kit -- very high quality product and a lego-for-adults environment for learning about robot control including embedded gcc, open protocols, GUI, etc.).
Have a look at this Robotis page where you can see some examples of what can be built with the beginners kit. Edit: they use cookies rather than URL to store language def. so you'll have to navigate to the Bioloid page..
