MAKE | Boe-Bot robot kit (serial version)

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By Phillip Torrone
Posted 2006/08/15 @ 11:26 am
Category Electronics, Robotics

Microcenter has the Boe-Boe Robot Kit that uses a BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller for $50, it’s usually $150, so it’s not a bad deal and pretty good kit for beginners – Thanks Ksmith! Link.

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In MAKE 02 we reviewed this kit – Link.

BY Phillip Torrone

Editor at large - Make magazine. Creative director - Adafruit Industries, contributing editor - Popular Science. Previously: Founded - Hack-a-Day, how-to editor - Engadget, Director of product development - Fallon Worldwide, Technology Director - Braincraft.

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9 Responses to Boe-Bot robot kit (serial version) – $50

pen_sq on August 15th, 2006 at 1:49 pm said:

WOW. I got one a year ago for $100, it was an incredible deal then. Whichever microcontroller you grow up into (AVR for me!), this set puts together everything you’ll need to know. The “manual” runs as a well paced and engaging class course.

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Lagg on August 15th, 2006 at 2:52 pm said:

Wow, a BS2 on its own costs that much. That is a great deal!

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JLOCK84 on August 15th, 2006 at 6:09 pm said:

yeah, I remember seeing these in radioshack i work at. We carried them for about 4 months after christmas of ’05. then they had all of us radioshacks discontinue and ship them back to our depots.

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RonGiuntini on August 15th, 2006 at 9:49 pm said:

My son and I are each building a boebot, his is USB, mine is serial. Same thing, essentially. This is the best price I have seen apart from ebay auctions. If you want to learn about microcontrollers, servos, and programing a basic stamp, get this kit.

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WNixon on August 16th, 2006 at 9:59 am said:

It’s backordered now, but I just talked to a friendly customer service guy and he said they have stock arriving probably over the weekend, and will start filling orders on Monday.

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WNixon on August 16th, 2006 at 10:02 am said:

It’s backordered now, but I just talked to a friendly customer service guy and he said they have stock arriving probably over the weekend, and will start filling orders on Monday.

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WNixon on August 16th, 2006 at 10:03 am said:

It’s backordered now, but I just talked to a friendly customer service guy and he said they have stock arriving probably over the weekend, and will start filling orders on Monday.

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JoeyBob on August 18th, 2006 at 9:49 pm said:

No longer backordered.
Mine was shipped Thursday, same day as ordered.

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WNixon on September 12th, 2006 at 9:35 am said:

Looks to be gone from Micro-Center now. However I did find another source for this kit cheap. See forum post here:

http://beta.slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=0&s=b67051884fec182a5ab6cf6a0fa8bbf5&t=307527

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