Too Cool Not to Post!

Not really robotic, but space related and just too cool not to post!

My Projects - Link Removed

I removed the link to my robots and robotic's projects from the sidebar today (not a true 404 error, since I disabled the link). The information was really out of date - that is, it had not been updated in a very, very long time. A look through this archives show that I have many, many more robots and projects than are shown here.

The old info is here (April 24, 2007 post) and might be updated someday - it will take lots of work to get this in good shape!

Montana Robotics

Some great work going on here in Montana at X Team Robotics (X Team's blog is here). Photo above is with family friend Shannon Thomas (that is Shan on far right) at CR Anderson Middle School in Helena, Montana. X Team is a FIRST Tech Challenge Team and based out of Exploration Works! - a science and educational center in the city. 

Looks like a really good group! I really need to get a club going here, especially now that I don't have a school team anymore!

On My Reading List

I want to read Sublime Dreams of Living Machines by Minsoo Kang. It is available at Amazon.com at this link.

You can see the author talking about the book and his ideas in the following video episode of PBS' The Good Stuff. Looks really interesting...

The Next Great Moon Race

Exciting video...

This is the company featured in the video - Astrobotic. Go take a look! I would love to send something via Moon-Mail!

Idea Zeroids

This is Zerak - Had it!

Zobor - I know I had this one too!

Zintar - Had them all - I guess!

Per the post below, I was just reminded of Ideal Toy Companies Zeroid Robots. I had these when I was little and had completely forgotten them! A quick Google search turned up the following. More as I find it. I would love to get some of these!

Here is what wikipedia says about Zeroids - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroids. Also found this vintage commercial on YouTube.

Another site here - http://www.zeroidz.com/Zeroids.html - and another really good one! - http://www.attackingmartian.com/zeroids_extra.html

Love these old advertisements!

And finally - These roboteers are building their own! http://danefield.com/alpha/forums/topic/15701-life-sized-zeroids-and-others/ Mercy!

And You Thought I Had a Problem...

We should start a online support group... What a fun couple of videos! The second one is my pal, Eric (aka erco)! He not only collects - he is an incredibly creative builder and shares all he knows by writing for Robot Magazine, Servo and widely on various robotics forums. I'm proud to count him as a friend!

Eric also found this collection on sale at ebay too! Of course, while at ebay - I saw this and remembered that I a bunch of these when I was young! I had completely forgotten! Ideal Toys Zeroids! I will definitely be researching this more. Okay, I have a problem!