The Boe-Bot’s even Boy Scout-approved: putting it together can help you get a Robotics Merit Badge.
(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)
Congrats to Gary M. of Las Vegas for winning a pair of Pick-Pocket Proof Pants from Clothing Arts in last week’s giveaway. This week’s prize is for the young tinkerers out there.
We’re giving away a Boe-Bot Robot Kit from Parallax, a company that specializes in DIY robotics. CNET’s Donald Bell and Seth Rosenblatt visited the Rocklin, Calif., electronics manufacturer earlier this month, and returned bearing this gift and others (stay tuned for another Parallax giveaway soon).
The Boe-Bot kit, recommended for ages 14 and up (and that includes you geeky grown-ups) lets you build and program your own rolling robot with a BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller for a brain. The bot uses touch, light, and infrared sensors to independently navigate its environment.
This is what the winner will be building. (Click to enlarge.)
(Credit: Parallax)
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