<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Olaf, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I played with one of these last year. See pictures.</div><div class="">It comes in kits. You can learn to program using e-robot platform that is similar to Scratch and you can also code if you want to. It helps when you are starting.</div><div class="">The website is under construction right now but it will be back soon.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ask for Hesham if you need more information.</div><div class="">Hesham Mahmoud <<a href="mailto:hesham@creative-bits.org" class="">hesham@creative-bits.org</a>></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div><br class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div class=""></div>Phon<img apple-inline="yes" id="F48730CC-2B0D-4750-AFF2-46FBE2A08787" height="480" width="720" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:D8BB814C-DF2B-4F35-A420-2079F4C1D0F7" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="10183C75-3FE9-415B-A392-E2BD9F90FFD2" height="816" width="612" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:76E4FCB5-4924-419B-BAA9-265EB5269C97" class=""><br class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div class=""></div><img apple-inline="yes" id="7A26835A-A76B-4361-AD69-5D67CF8CBC55" height="1108" width="761" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:4316EA51-DB06-4FC7-8722-6A3A2B05EFB0" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="402CA433-8C78-46B3-9C65-A29E2F682499" height="816" width="612" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:499C6FE5-E2E8-4422-A685-30D02AA96BE8" class=""><br class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div class=""></div><br class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 3, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Olaf Baumann <<a href="mailto:olaf.baumann@pobox.com" class="">olaf.baumann@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">That's an awesome robot! Oscar the Grouch Lost in Space. "Danger Cookie Monster"!!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">Unfortunately, we don't have a large amount of space to work in. I think I'm hoping to find an Arduino/Pi version of an NXT book I once saw, <a href="http://www.apress.com/9781430224914" class="">http://www.apress.com/9781430224914</a>.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 July 2015 at 18:26, David <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:david@projectworkshop.com" target="_blank" class="">david@projectworkshop.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="">A friend and I made this in 1978 when we were 14, so the age works, and it
seemed like a good making platform at the time, with need for various
tools...course R2D2 was big then:</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">From:</b> <a title="olabau@gmail.com" href="mailto:olabau@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">Olaf Baumann</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Thursday, July 02, 2015 5:16 PM</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> [Lab] seeking suggestions for robotics
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<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">Hello
lab,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">I'm looking
for suggestions for a robotics project that my 13 year old son and I can take on
this summer.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">My goals are
to have him:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">- keep his
brain in gear over the summer break</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">- develop a
maker mentality</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">- hit the
ground running when joins Glebe's First Robotics team in grade 9</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">- spend
quality father-son time with me</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)"> </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">I've got a
bunch of Arduino and pi hardware but not much for the mechanical aspect.
(chassis, motors, sensors). He's learning python and has already done some
Arduino programming.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">I'm hoping
for a kit and book or online resource that will take us through the whole build
process that ends with a robot that can be enhanced later with more interesting
capabilities. I've seen some impressive kits that sell for $1000 but I'd
like to keep the budget to around $200.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY:'courier new',monospace;COLOR:rgb(51,51,255)">Olaf</div>
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