"I'm going to get them done with Solder Mask and Silkscreen so the would look finished. The difference was $3.00 per set with no mask or screen. I'm going with ExpressPCB right now. I will get 7 sets, (with one board left over). Looks like on set of Twinkle Toes boards, (right, left), will cost $11+ shipping. You will have to supply the two resistors. the Red/Green LED, and the headers. I'll send this order out Tuesday and get them back by Thursday. I'm taking two sets, erco gets one and Whit gets one. That leaves three. Should we make Ken buy a set? Also you will need 4-40 screws and nuts and the wire, available at most hardware stores and R/C outlets."Here is Publison's recreation of the PCB. So excited to be even a small part of reviving this bit of Parallax history!
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| The Twinkle Toes installed from the pdf. |
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| This is Zerak - Had it! |
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| Zobor - I know I had this one too! |
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| Zintar - Had them all - I guess! |
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| Love these old advertisements! |
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| The new S3 has many new features and easy hack-ability! |
Did you know that the origins of the Scribbler 3 (S3) robot started 15 years ago with the blue Scribbler and a BASIC Stamp 2? Since then, we’ve put over 20,000 of these robots into schools around the world. Many of the original robots are still in use too!
Educators are asking Parallax about the new S3 Robot. Many schools have been using the S2 for several years and are ready to order the new S3. Here’s a quick update for your planning.
- Availability: We have analyzed a dozen prototypes and approved the S3 for production earlier this week. We expect our first batch of production units to arrive at Parallax in August.
- Price: Final price has yet to be determined. We estimate that the S3 will be between $149 and $179. Volume discounts for class packs will be available.
- Stock Code: The Parallax stock code for the S3 is #28333.
- Placing Orders: We will enable pre-ordering for schools as soon as we have 100% confidence about the delivery date from our Rocklin, California warehouse.
- Features: Some of the S3’s new features include:
- USB-rechargeable lithium ion battery with up to eight hours of run time
- USB programmability
- XBee socket for future WiFi programming or robot-robot, robot-computer control
- Green color (original choice was yellow but this color caused too much internal infrared scattering)
The most important issue for Parallax and our customers is the programming software. The original Scribbler 2 (S2) Graphical User Interface (S2 GUI) runs only in Windows. Attempts to port it to Mac have now ended (it uses an obsolete code base in Perl). Upon release of the S3 we will have backward-compatible support with the S2 GUI so the robot can be programmed in the same tool.
Our official Scribbler 3 programming tool will become BlocklyProp. Parallax is openly developing the http://blockly.parallax.com interface around Google’s block programming language. We have customized this tool for the Propeller microcontroller which will enable students to have their first programming experience with a multicore processor. We plan on supporting the S3 in BlocklyProp with a series of blocks specific to the robot. A Chrome-compatible version is also in consideration for the 1-to-1 Chromebook schools.
To track our progress with BlocklyProp and the S3 robot please follow me on Twitter @ParallaxKen.
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| The Original Scribbler - Old Blue! |
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| The Fantastic S2 - Propeller Powered! |
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| From the SeaDrone Facebook page. |
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| The DHB-10 is a thing of beauty! |
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| The Arlo Complete Robot System in its neat wooden box! |
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| Star Wars Fun-bots. |
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| Spiro-graphic Scribbler |
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| Floor Sweeper |
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| Round One - Maze Competition |
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| A couple of the "toys" and one of the awards. |
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| Sphero's BB-8 made an appearance too! |
R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. R.U.R. stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum’s Universal Robots).[1] However, the English phrase Rossum’s Universal Robots had been used as the subtitle in the Czech original.[2] It premiered on 25 January 1921 and introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole.[3]I've posted here many times about R.U.R. and it's influence on Robotics Under the Stole, especially the RUS favicon. Above are photos of the Cover and Title Page of R.U.R. and below is the RUS favicon.
