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WiFi Vision & Control - Two board set includes Blackfin Camera Board with 500MHz Analog Devices Blackfin BF537 processor, 32MB SDRAM, 4MB Flash, and Omnivision OV9655 1.3 megapixel camera, along with combo radio/motor board, Lantronix Matchport b/g radio module and antenna, and two 3mW 650nm laser pointers.

Motor Controllers The Sabertooth 2X25 is one of the most versatile, efficient and easy to use dual motor drivers on the market. It is suitable for high powered robots up to 100lbs in combat or 300lbs for general purpose robotics. Out of the box, the Sabertooth can supply two DC brushed motors with up to 25A each.

Speech Recognition The SR-06 Speech Recognition Kit is a stand alone circuit that can recognize up to 40 words (user selected words) lasting one second each or 20 words (user selected words or phrases) lasting 2 seconds each. The speech recognition circuit is multi-lingual, words to be trained for recognition may be in any language.

Robot Books Learning robotics by yourself isn’t easy, but it helps when the encouragement comes from an expert who’s spent years in the field. Robots is well written, inviting, and action packed, with engaging ideas and fascinating factoids about robots and robot related arts and sciences.

PhidgetMotorControl The PhidgetMotorControl HC allows you to control the angular velocity and acceleration of up to two high current DC motors. It provides a generic, convenient way to interface your PC with DC motors and other Phidgets devices.

OOPic Controllers Specially designed for robotics, the ooPIC is a totally different approach in microcontrollers that uses objects to control the attached hardware while the application program focuses on controlling the objects. Programmed in Basic, C, or Java syntax styles.

MaxSonar The MaxSonar–EZ1 offers very short to long-range detection and ranging, in an incredibly small package with ultra low power consumption. The interface output formats included are pulse width output, analog voltage output, and asynchronous serial digital output.

3DOF Leg This 3DOF (degree of freedom) leg design is the most rugged available. It’s popular with Hexapod and Quadrapod robot builders. The all aluminium construction even incorporates ball bearings in each joint. Made from the highest quality aluminium alloy. All required hardware is included. Finish is brushed aluminium.

MA–VIN A versatile modular robotics teaching resource with easy Icon–based visual programming for the beginner and ‘C’ programmable using WINAVR. MA-VIN will help students develop new skills and confidence in microelectronics, programming, robotics, sensing and control.

Simple Servo^TM A Highly versatile single chip building block for servo motors that allows easy interfacing to control and robotics applications (PIN/POT and serial data control). Hi resolution 0.4° and guaranteed to stay within 1000 to 2000us pulse width limits.

Sensor Brackets Our universal sensor mounting brackets and hardware offers a convenient and flexible fixing solution for many popular distance-measuring sensors, including the Sharp and Devantech series sensors.

Spektrum DX6 You’ll say goodbye to channel concerns at RC sites. Glitching and range impairment from motor, servo, ESC and mechanical RF “noise” will be a thing of the past. And no form of channel selection will be necessary on your part.

BRAT Biped BRAT stands for Bipedal Robotic Articulating Transport. The robot is a 6 servo biped walker featuring three degrees of freedom (DOF) per leg. The robot can walk forward or backwards and turn in place left or right with variable speed. It can even do lots of Robo–One style acrobatic moves.

Magmotors An incredible amount of power in a small package. You quite simply will NOT find a more powerful motor of this size. This motor is a must for the serious competitor. The improved Neodymium magnets and sturdy construction make the S28 the optimal choice for combat robotics.

Laser Range Finder The Hokuyo URG–04LX Scanning laser range finder is a compact, affordable and accurate laser scanner designed for robotic applications. The URG–04LX is able to report ranges from 20mm to 4000mm (1mm resolution) in a 240° arc (0.36° angular resolution). Its power consumption, 5V 500ma, makes it the natural choice for battery operated vehicles.

LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Create the smartest, strongest and most advanced LEGO® robot ever, in as few as 30 minutes! The new NXT Intelligent Brick, your robot's “brain,” features a powerful 32–bit microprocessor and more memory, plus support for USB 2.0, Bluetooth and more!

USB to RS232 Adaptor Plug & Play USB 2.0 specification to RS232 (DB9) serial interface, over 1 Mbps data transfer rate, suitable for PDA, Laptops, Modems etc... WIN 98 /2000 / Xp Mac OS V8.6 supplied with USB extension lead and resource CD.

NXT Accessories Active Robots stocks the full range of LEGO® NXT sensors and accessories, including, interactive servo motor with built-in rotation sensor, touch, light, sound & ultrasonic sensors, Bluetooth dongle, intelligent NXT brick, rechargeable battery & charger, NXT education software.

Robot Drive System A complete Robot Drive system, ready to integrate into your robot, comprising of an MD23 motor drive module, two EMG30 gearmotors with encoders, two mounting brackets, two 100mm wheels with hubs already fitted. Screws to fit the motors to the brackets and a hex key for the hub screw is included.

ODYSSEY™ Batteries EnerSys ODYSSEY batteries feature an advanced absorbed glass mat (AGM) technology that results in an extremely low internal resistance. The ODYSSEY combines the ability to deep cycle with enormous cranking power. The 5 second cranking power of Odyssey batteries is double to triple that of equally sized conventional lead-acid batteries.

SRV–1 Wireless mobile robot with video for telepresence, autonomous and swarm operation designed for research, education, and exploration, Surveyor's SRV-1 internet-controlled robot integrates a 1000MIPS 500MHz Analog Devices Blackfin BF537 processor, a digital video camera, laser pointer ranging, and WLAN 802.11b/g networking. Also supports Zigbee 802.15.4 wireless communications.

NXT Education The latest generation of LEGO Education robotics is all here in this set! This essential core set serves as the base for endless NXT robotic creations. The set includes 431 elements, many of which are exclusive to the education version of the NXT system.

AX1500 Roboteq’s AX1500 controller is designed to convert commands received from a R/C radio, Analog Joystick, wireless modem, or microcomputer into high voltage and high current output for driving one or two DC motors. Designed for maximal ease-of-installation, it is delivered with all necessary cables and hardware and is ready to use in minutes.

Active Dev. Boards The ATtiny26 & ATmega32 development boards have been designed specifically as low cost entry level controller interfaces ideally suited to small robotics and control applications. Using fast and powerful Atmel® AVR microcontrollers (ATtiny26 & Atmega32 running at about 16Million instructions per second).

Graphics Display By creating large or small custom fonts you can view your information from a variety of distances. Our serial interface make this display easy to use and can help launch your product to market faster. This graphic unit is currently being used in an aircraft used in mineral exploration.

Robotics Servo The HRS-8498HB has been developed specifically for robotics applications by HiTEC a world leader in servo manufacture. Able to cope with a variety of demanding specialized robotics applications the HRS-8498HB features high torque, fast transit time, high accuracy and durability.

Robonova-1 Hitec Robotics ROBONOVA-I is an exciting new humanoid robot that offers educators, students and robotic hobbyists a complete robot package. The stable ROBONOVA-I can walk, run, do back-flips, cartwheels, dance moves and once programmed, is ready to compete in a variety of robot competitions.

Custom-Hardware These components are extremely versatile, making virtually any mechanical arrangement possible. It's now possible to build custom robots to your specifications! The ball bearings provide for precise low friction movement. The tubing, hubs and hub connectors are precision fit and really expand what is possible to build.

Serial Displays Compact versatile displays allow you to draw your own pictures and/or characters. The thin single board graphic LCD offers simultaneous text and graphic capabilities. You can upload fonts in any size, style or language. This unit includes a white backlight for clear images and text.

PhidgetRFID PhidgetRFID reads RFID tags, a technology used for security and location tracking. Each RFID tag contains a unique code. The PhidgetRFID reader reads these codes and returns them to your application when tags are brought within 10 cm (4") of the reader. The tag does not have to be visible to be read.

2 Channel Radio With a fantastic specification and an equally fantastic price, the new Megatech 2PL 40MHz set from Futaba is sure to be in great demand. With features such as large format LCD screen, 10 model memory and ABS, not seen before in steerwheel radios of this price, the Megatech 2PL comes complete with 2 x S3003 servos and the brand new R142JE 2 channel receiver.

Hobbyist Toolkit Tool set containing a 30W electronic soldering iron with spare bit, solder and holder, desoldering pump with Teflon spare nozzle, cross pointed screwdriver and a screwdriver with voltage detector, strong side cutters and snipe nose pliers. Universal analogue multimeter featuring 13 measurement ranges, leads and AA 1.5V battery; Packed on a blister card.

Inverted Pendulum The inverted pendulum system is essential in the evaluation and comparison of various control theories. The inverted pendulum is used in simulations and experiments to show the performance of different controllers (e.g. PID, State Space and Fuzzy Controllers etc).

PhidgetServo PhidgetServo controls up to four RC Servo Motors. RC Servo Motors have the useful property that they can be positioned absolutely, and they have a lot of torque. Generally, they are used to actuate / push / pull, not like a traditional motor that just spins.

Phidgets Phidgets are an easy to use set of building blocks for low cost sensing and control from your PC. Using the Universal Serial Bus (USB) as the basis for all Phidgets, the complexity is managed behind an easy to use and robust Application Programming Interface (API). Applications can be developed quickly in Visual Basic, VBA (Microsoft Access and Excel), LabView, Java, Delphi, C and C++.

Micro Gyro GWS PG-03 Piezo Gyro. This tiny gyro is about 1" square and weighs less than 0.3 oz! Piezo gyros can be used in robotics for balancing, or to detect rotation, or to drive a "tracking" servo which continues to point to a fixed object even if your robot turns.

Sanyo Power The new Ni-MH battery pack that everyone is talking about! With a capacity of 3600mAh, it is capable of delivering an incredible 50Amps!

Lynx B Pan & Tilt Kit Pan and Tilt assembly for horizontal surface mount. Made using two Lynxmotion servo brackets. With its dual iron-oilite bushings, high impact resin gear train and high performance circuitry, the HS-422 have excellent centering and resolution.

Easy Step™ Development Active Robots ES3KDS is an easy to use stepper motor, test, evaluation, & development system. It has been designed for educational use and the hobbyist, allowing easy introduction to the world of stepper motors.

Hexapod Walker The Extreme Hexapod 1 Walker Kit really walks using a simplified version of the alternating tripod gait. The robot's six legs are controlled by three servos to provide full stride, (horizontal motion), and 1" of leg lift, (vertical motion). The middle legs use a parallelogram design to make the lifting operation much more efficient.

Robotic Arms The Lynxmotion robotic arms deliver fast, accurate, and repeatable movement. The robot features base rotation, shoulder, elbow and wrist motion, and a functional gripper. The Lynx robotic arm is an affordable robust system with a proven design that will last and last. Everything needed to assemble the robot is included in the kit.

Easy-Step™ Industrial Interface This Interface board allows the ES3000 to be easily used in final applications or as part of the development process, allowing ease of connectivity. The Industrial interface increases the electrical operating range and robustness of the Easy Step 3000 module (Pre-fitted with ES3000 Pro) in addition to adding screw terminal type connectivity.

Easy-Step™ 3000 (ES3000) is an advanced feature rich stepper motor drive and control system that will support unipolar stepper motors up to 35V and 3 Amps per phase. Its small physical size makes it ideal for incorporating in robots and other industrial control equipment.

Roboteq's AX2550 is a high performance, microcontroller-based motor controller, loaded with numerous features and operating modes. Yet, for all its sophistication, the AX2550 is very simple to install and operate. The AX2550 can control two high current motors and is capable of delivering up 2 x 120Amps, making it the ideal choice for remote and computer controlled mobile robots.

RF Telemetry Module is a simple to use bi-directional wireless rf data module suitable for use in a wide variety of robotics, embedded control and data-logging applications. All of the overhead normally associated with radio communications has been removed, with the necessary construction of packets, encoding/decoding and timing carried out on board.

Antennae - We supply a range of high quality Antennae for popular ISM band frequencies. Standard frequencies available are 433MHz, 900MHz and 2.4GHz. Alternative frequency options are available.

Easy Step™ 1000 - is intended to be the link between a microprocessor and stepper motor, allowing a quick and easy route for driving of stepper motors without the cost of an 'intelligent' board which usually results in redundancy in the controlling micro.

Audio/Video Radio Modules A range of compact ISM band 2.4GHz RF Audio/Video modules, simultaneously transmit and receive composite video and stereo audio signals. Typical range using a transmitter module with 10mW output approximately 100 metres, high (100mW) and ultra high (500mW) modules are also available.

CMUcam2 Image Processing The CMUcam2 is an evolutionary step up from the standard CMUcam, enhanced features include, pan/tilt servos supported, higher frame rates, edge filter post processing, higher resolution images and greater flexibility of image manipulation.

Level Shifter provides an easy to use, convenient communications adaptor for shifting between RS232 serial protocol and TTL logic levels. Bi-directional data links can be quickly established without the need of additional components or further circuit development thus speeding up application development and prototyping.

LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ spares/accessories to complement the Robotics Invention System. These include RCX microcontroller, USB/Serial IR towers, Sensors, Connectors, Robomind Software & Educational resources.

HexAvoider is a programmable mobile walking robot designed to move independently and avoid obstacles by either moving to the left or right. HexAvoider uses infrared emitters and receivers to "sense" its environment. It also has two antennae or "feelers". The user has the option of including a RF module in HexAvoider's construction. With this, the operator can directly control HexAvoider's movements from his PC

Atmel AVR CPU boards - These feature rich microcontrollers are incredibly versatile as the entire range share the same inherent architecture. All AVR microcontrollers are in system programmable and free software is available for download.

Robots - We have a great range of fully programmable robots to suit all tastes and levels of ability, from entry-level, intermediate and advanced. With video clips that demonstrate what can be achieved with a little imagination!