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I've started hoarding - Robots!

dubbie

At present I am not panicking but recently I was given a refund for a robot I ordered two months ago, because the company no longer had any stock due to the effects of the Corona virus. As the idea of not having robots to study in a serious and scientific way (otherwise known as playing) caused me some concern, I ordered several more from a source that had them in stock - with the added bonus that they were cheaper than the original one.

 

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I now have plenty of robots to put-together as part of my master plan of creating a herd of walking robots and then subsequently, taking over the world. Still, it wouldn't hurt to have a couple more.

 

Dubbie

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  • Dubbie,

     

    I had recently received a gift certificate for Amazon, so I got online and did some shopping.  At first I thought, oh yeah I need more tools (not really), but then I thought, cool, I use a robot or two.....

     

    I ended up ordering two of these cute little guys (mind is a little different, more molded pieces, like one part feet and legs) :

     

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    https://www.elegoo.com/product/elegoo-penguin-bot-red-v2-0/

     

    I was sharing the story about my new toys with my Grandkids, when they both exclaimed that they wanted a robot.  So I got back on Amazon to order a few more, but alas they were sold out with no expected restock date.  So I jumped on Ebay and found one for sale (new in box).  Now, I need to find a way to make them a bit more interactive, so you don't need a cell phone to control them, but oh well, isn't that what all the cool Grandpas do?

     

    I thought you might enjoy this as your robots inspired this thought.

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  • Dubbie,

     

    I had recently received a gift certificate for Amazon, so I got online and did some shopping.  At first I thought, oh yeah I need more tools (not really), but then I thought, cool, I use a robot or two.....

     

    I ended up ordering two of these cute little guys (mind is a little different, more molded pieces, like one part feet and legs) :

     

    image

    https://www.elegoo.com/product/elegoo-penguin-bot-red-v2-0/

     

    I was sharing the story about my new toys with my Grandkids, when they both exclaimed that they wanted a robot.  So I got back on Amazon to order a few more, but alas they were sold out with no expected restock date.  So I jumped on Ebay and found one for sale (new in box).  Now, I need to find a way to make them a bit more interactive, so you don't need a cell phone to control them, but oh well, isn't that what all the cool Grandpas do?

     

    I thought you might enjoy this as your robots inspired this thought.

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  • in reply to genebren

    Gene,

     

    These are good little walking robots. I have a version 1 of the Elegoo kit which I had assembled but the memory card with the music as missing. Elegoo soon provided  replacement but while waiting for it to come I started on other things and never got around to finishing it off, I may have lost the memory card now as well.

     

    Later I purchased two of these:

     

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07GNHMKFD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

     

    which were very low cost, also now out of stock. I couldn't believe that they were the same style of biped robots as the Penguin but they were. One day I might replace the existing control PCB with some Arduino based, just for fun.

     

    If you find any more good robots do let me know, I will definitely be interested.

     

    Dubbie