Links

On-Line Electronics Retailers

Solarbotics.com - BEAM Robotics Supplies. This is the #1 site for all your BEAM related components.
The Robot Store - Mainly microcontroller based stuff. Muscle Wires! Basic Stamps! Kits! Books!
Active-Robots - Robot supplies! High-Quality Robotics kits, Robot Controllers & Hobby Electronics.
PagerMotors.com - 7mm Namiki Pager Motors!?!?! They're listed here along with flexible solar panels.
Acroname Inc. - Robotic Supplies. Lots of high tech stuff. GPS, LEGO Mindstorms, Design Services
MCM Electronics - Electronics supplies. They carry tons of stuff in tons of categories.
MECI Inc. - Large electronic component store.
HSC Electronic Supply - Various equipment, not many components.
Herbach and Rademan - Stuff for BIG robots as well as general electronics supplies.
Alltronics - Wholesale dealer, retail and surplus goodies.
All Electronics - Electronics parts retailer. Some surplus.
The Robot Store - There be Muscle Wires Here! Very cool must visit store.
Edmund Scientific - Excellent source for interesting gadgets and ideas.
Bug 'n' Bots - Similar supplies to Solarbotics, primarily BEAM building supplies.
Mouser Electronics - Large electronics store with wide selection of stuff.
Jameco Electronics - Large electronics supplier. They have TONS of cool IC's and Surface Mount Devices.
Super Bright LED's - LED Store. They have tons of high quality LED's available, including Tri-Color ones.
Robot Books.Com - Lots of robotics related books!
E-Machine Shop.Com - Service provider. I don't know any prices but looks like they can make ANY part you need!
Glow Bug.Com - Mostly high quality LED flashlights, lots of Cool ones! worth a look.
Hosfelt Electronics - Growing electronics retailer, wide selection of stuff.
Oatley Electronics - Supplier of kits and some surplus stuff. Pretty cool site.
Widget Supply - Hobby Tools! Supplies from Dremel, X-Acto, and others.
Micro Mark - Hobby Tools! Greatest selection of modeling tools and equipment I've ever seen!
Digi-Key - Retail electronic component store. Lots of IC's
DC Kits - Mostly amateur radio related kits for sale. Interesting RF projects.
Small Parts.Com - Lots and lots of small parts and hardware for scratch building robots.
Antweight Motors - MOTORS! There are several gearmotors on this site perfect for BEAM Robotics!
Buy-Cybie.Com - Buy ROBOSAPIAN Here!!! Also sells many other cybernetic robot pets! Very COOL!!
On-Line Metals - Metal supplier specializing in small quantity orders. Very complete selection too!
The Composites Store - Graphite, Fiberglass, Balsa, etc. Small quantity specialist. Amazing selection!
Titanium Joe - Titanium in all shapes and sizes. Very Strong but VERY Expensive!
Tools For Stagecraft - Interesting selection of flashlights, battery testers, and multi-tools. Nice Site!
B.G. Micro - Lots of nice stuff here. No pictures of products while browsing around, only when item is clicked on.
Magtrix Connectors - Interesting magnetic connectors.

Electronics Surplus Outlets

W.J. Ford Surplus - TRANSMITTERS - RECEIVERS - TEST EQUIPMENT - LAB EQUIPMENT - COMPONENTS
Surplus Sales of Nebraska - Many obsolete parts, all surplus stuff.

BEAM Robotics Sites

Solarbotics.Com - The Solarbotics BEAM Library. EVERYTHING BEAM. What more can I say? Impressive!
BEAM On-Line - Another great library of BEAM information. Lots of pics of Mark Tilden's robotic creatures.
BEAM Group - The Yahoo BEAM Group. Here you can connect with other BEAMers and write back and forth.
Pittsburgh Robotics Society - For people in the Pittsburgh PA area. Some BEAM stuff.
Robot Cafe - Not entirely BEAM, but lots of cool robot stuff and links.

Video Clips of Interest

Robosapien Footage - This is a BEAM style 2 legged robot thats really COOL!
Mark Tilden's "Spyder" - Here is some footage of his famous robot!

Personal BEAM Pages

Tragauer Pages - A personal BEAM page.
Chiu-Yuan Fang's Page - Many nice walkers here.
Lee's RoboGallery - Many bots. Solar LCD name tags here!
Electric Pets - BUGS! Not exactly BEAM, but Really Cool! Neat looking wire BUGS!
LANL BEAM Site - Los Alamos National Laboratory BEAM robotics site.
PiTronics - Dizzy is here. Circuits for driving stepper motors found in quarts watches and clocks.
Trueforce - Lots of BEAM links and some computer and PDA based robotis info.
MV BEAM - This Math Vos's site. Lots of content on various hobbies. Home of SPAI bots.
BEAM Land - BEAM Bots and schematics. 5-Motor walker info.
Gary Huston's BEAM Page - Magbot, Rollerball Bot, and some others.
Robot Room - Variety of electronic projects as well as some BEAM bots.
Will's BEAM Robots - Home of the TriBicore. A BIG 2 motor walker is here.
MOBOTS - Lots of robot stuff.
Linda's BEAM Robots - Homemade walker, various BEAM bots.
Dug North's Robots - Very nice page design with some nice BEAM critters and a Photovarium.
Insectroids - Nice variety of stuff. Bots, Tutorials, Schematics, etc.
Ben's BEAM Links - Collection of links with place to add your own link to the page. Cool.
Mike's Robots - Nice variety of bots, both BEAM and non-BEAM.
Wilf's Pages 1 - Wilf Rigter's page. Very detailed explanations of BEAM electronics circuits.
Wilf's Pages 2 - Another Wilf Rigter page. Many selected old articles about his circuits as well as the schematics.
A.A. van Zoelen's Pages - Nice artwork. Invented the Zoelen Bridge.
Bots by JBS - Very nice BEAM robots.
Richfiles - More great BEAM robots and schematics.
Bicoreeos - Lots of neat stuff here.
Rodney Brooks - This fellow is WAY OUT THERE! He's an MIT Professor with lots of cool, and expensive, robots.

Tutorials

Photovore - Chiu-Yuan Fang's Excellent 1381 Photopopper tutorial.
Web EE - EXCELLENT electronics tutorials!
Elliot Sound Products - EXCELLENT tutorials on electronics!

Various Robotics Related Sites

Go Robotics Network - Covers mostly computer based robotics, BattleBots, LEGOs, and other very advanced robot stuff.
Arrick Robotics - Many types of robotics covered, including very advanced types.
East Bay Builders - Some BEAM, mostly odd stuff.
MIT Robotics - The Ants - Retired Robots. Many very interesting, simple robots! Must See.
Graffiti Writer - A robot that writes on sidewalks with spraycans like a dot matrix printer.
Android World - Cutting Edge robotics from around the world! Must See!
Alpha Robotics - Robots of various types, mainly microprocessor based.
Robots Links - Links to more robot stuff.
Head Robot - A very advanced AI Head Robot. Interesting.
Micro Air Vehicle - Very nicely machined micro wing flapping mechanism. Very Interesting.
Frank Nichols' Robots - COOL Beetle type robots. Worth checking out! The bots use 18 Servos each!!
Building Fighting Robots - A technical guide with lots of information for building battlebot style bots.
Robots.Net - Robot News and Info site. Very nice and diverse reading!
The New DaVinci's - A robotics link collection to 1000's of Excellent robotics sites.
Bio-Robotics Lab at Case Western University - Some really neat robots here!
NanoRobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University - Small, and I mean small, stuff here!
"Unlocking the Secrets of Animal Locomotion" - Professor Robert J. Full and his students study biologically inspired methods for walking robots! Very Cool!

Electronics Sites and Circuit Collections

Imagineering E-Zine - CIRCUITS! A collection of over 7000 circuits in 500+ categories! Need I say more?
Electronics Hobbyist - Absolutely Fascinating Bunch of Links! Super Cool! Must See!
Novotill's Circuits - A collection of SE's and reverse engineered circuits of various nature.
Encyclopedia of Circuits - A very nice collection of circuits and descriptions.
Hobby Electronics.info - Circuits. Looks like some TV type stuff too.
Electronics Info Line - Circuit collection, search engine, and software. Pretty nice site.
Play-Hookey.com - Very detailed tutorials on basic and some advanced electronics principles.
Miscellaneous Schematics - A page with alot of various schematics.

Selected Manufacturer Websites

Parallax Inc. - Makers of the BASIC Stamp. Product descriptions and pictures.
Namiki Motors - Interesting site. Cool photos and info about how pager motors are made.
Mechatronics - Advanced robots using processors and computers for control. Nice sensors too.

Interesting Sites

Mike's Electric Stuff - AMAZING! All things here! Check out how simple the Marx generator is! Must See!
Weird Science - VERY Interesting... Flux capacitors, Fogal transistor, Tesla Force Bubble Plans!, Must See!
Led Museum - Excellent site! Details on 1000's of cool LED's from both past and present!
Free Energy - Free energy with wires and magnets! Very nice! Must see.
Animated Engines - See engines of all types in action with detailed descriptions of operation.
Carl Sagan.Com - AWESOME! Simply the single BEST science program of all time! EVER! MUST BUY!!!
Suppliers - Nice collection of tons of mailing addresses for suppliers.
Chris Hillman's Links Page - OVER 2550 Links!! Mostly animatronics, special effects, and robotics.
LASER Surplus Sales - Ever wonder how much a LASER costs? Check out this page and see why it's in this section!
Magical Gadgets - Forgotten Electronics of the 70's and 80's. Cool photos of old electronic stuff.
Fun Shop.Com - Magic! Theatrical Superstore providing TONS of cool items. MUST SEE!
Sam Barros' PowerLabs! - Now here is a NICE site! All about High Voltage, Rail Guns, Can Crushing EM, and Stuff!!
Wondermagnet - A very nice site about POWERFUL magnets and experiments using them.

Cool Art Sites

Arthur Ganson - FASCINATING! Moving sculptures made of coat hangers and junk! Must See!
Visual Paradox - FREE Wallpaper! Lots of fascinating pictures!
Abnormis - Some interesting artwork. Arranged into albums, like records. Very Cool.
4x6 Art - Interesting. Almost 1000 pieces of art.
Devices of Wonder - INTERACTIVE! There's even a video of one of Mark Tilden's bots here.
Simply The Best Fonts - A GIGANTIC Font Library! All kinds of cool fonts here! All free too!
Burning Man Festival - The official website of the Burning Man Festival of Arts. Pretty Cool!
Digital Blasphemy - Another Excellent FREE wallpaper site!
Metaphorical.Net - Very cool simulations! Interactive! MUST SEE!

Cool R/C Sites

R/C Universe - Auctions & Classified Ads! Great Deals on here!
Tower Hobbies - Radio-Control Superstore! Great!
Servo City - Obviously, TONS of different kinds of servos.
Y-City Raceway - A Serious racetrack in Zanesville, OH. About 80 minutes from my house.
Husky Builders - Very Nice R/C model Semi Trucks and Heavy Equipment.
R/C Web Directory - A site by Tower Hobbies to search the web for info.
Novak Electronics - Manufacturer site. Find owner's manuals, documentation, and product info here.
Tekin Electronics - Manufacturer site. Find owner's manuals, documentation, and product info here.
MRC Model Rectifier Corporation - Manufacturer Site. Product info, and they have ALOT of products!
HobbyLinc.Com - A HUGE Online retailer of hobby stuff! All kinds of hobby stuff! Nice Site!
Team Associated - Product support and lots more.
Trinity On-Line - Product support and lots more.
Stormer Racing Hobbies - Huge On-Line hobby shop. Team LOSI is here!
Team LOSI - Product support and lots more.
Duratrax - Product support and lots more.
RC Boyz - On-Line retailer. Great Stuff, Great prices.
Futaba RC Electronics - Futaba's home page. Tech support and product information about Futaba products.
Kyosho RC Models - Kyosho's home page. Tech support and product information.
The E-Zone - The virtual home of Electric Flight. Tons of links, classified ads, and chat groups.
Do-It-Yourself Network - TV network homepage. Find the schedule for "Radio-Control Hobbies" here!
HPI Racing - Creators of the AWESOME Savage 25 R/C Monster Truck!
R/C Battery Clinic - Everything you need to know about batteries. Excellent Site!
RB Concept Racing Engines - RB's Homepage. Specifications and product info.
Sigma Trading Company - Distributors of RB Concept engines in the United States.
O.S. Engines - O.S. Homepage. Specifications and product info.
Wildcat Fuels - The BEST fuels available! 99.999% Pure with Klotz lubricant package. Super!
Aircraft Technical Articles - A site with many Aircraft related technical articles. Good Reading.
Boat Technical Articles - Many technical articles about tuned pipes and engine performance enhancement. Good Reading.
RB Innovations Inc. - SUPERCHARGERS!!! For model engines!! Super COOL!
Hobby Talk - Suspension Tuning Guide! Be sure to look around the rest of the site too.
Omaha Nitroholics - Diverse site with forums, links, games, videos, photos, and more.
Rayaracing - Nitro engine re-sizing (pinch) equipment and tooling. Neat Stuff!
Top 50 R/C Sites - Just what the name says! Links be here!
Crescenzi Racing - RC10GT Hop-Ups! Very nice equipment here! Great Brake system!
RB Mods - Rick Brake Engine Mods!
EB Mods - Ed Bridges Engine Mods!
Nitro Zone - R/C Mowers! Ramp Plans!

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