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There are many ways to send control signals to a robot's drive train using either just straight RC control or by talking to a Micro controller or a computer. It would be helpfull if you would be a little more specific. For straight RC control. Well these guys have master'd that for just about anythi...

Mostly I've been playing with the BASIC Stamp 2 from Parallax. They provide a great little controller that is well supported and documented. The BOE Bot kit for example is an excellent way to learn easy mobile robot programing with resonable cost's and effort. At this point I have just started learn...

There are several high amperage motor speed controllers to choose from. The most important thing to consider is the stalled motor current draw and use that as your baseline for your choice. Here is a page that has many links to the controllers We have proven in Robotic Combat. They are towards the b...

The drive train of a robot determines how well it will perform. A single motor drive turning two rear wheels using a Diferencial (a must have) will work. But it's manuverability will be limited in many situations. Basically it will have a wide turn radius that can make turning in tight spaces diffic...

Webpage with a similar design
http://www.rexresearch.com/mrmagnet/mrm ... #schemabcd

'Radio control with the Basic Stamp 2 'This program READs multiple 75 Mhz radio reciever servo output channels. 'by scanning the Pulse Width Modulation OUTPUT frequency of each channel. ' {$STAMP BS2} ' {$PBASIC 2.5} 'Variables channel0 VAR Word channel1 VAR Word channel2 VAR Word channel3 VAR Word ...

Actually controlling a mobile machine Remotely with a PC has a lot of advantages. One of the major ones is you wouldn't have to haul around the weight of the BIG computer and it's power source. The robot could still have autonomus functions and a small PIC processor or computer system to keep it fro...

If you got about $20.00. This product might just do what you want. It's just a simple battery powered servo tester. Just turn the knob to move the servo.

http://www.robotlogic.com/product_servotester.html

These guys would probably have the linkages that your looking for

http://www.servocity.com/html/mechanica ... ories.html

www.servocity.com

Heres some links that should get you rolling Click on the tools link on this page for an online motor and battery sizing calculator http://www.architeuthis-dux.net/tcr-home.asp Or you can pull out your calculator and do just a little bit of simple math http://www.teamkiss.com/newkiss1220.html www.te...

These online stores are reliable for many of your robotic parts needs including batteries

http://www.robotcombat.com/marketplace_batteries.html

http://www.battlepack.com/index.asp