Links
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The Battlebots Forum:
http://www.delphi.com/n/main.asp?webtag=battlebot_tech&nav=start
Online Shopping for Battlebots Parts:
Cruel Robots: http://www.cruelrobots.com
Team Delta: http://www.teamdelta.com/
RobotParts.Org: http://www.robotparts.org/index.html
Online Shopping for Mechanical Parts:
McMaster-Carr: http://www.mcmaster.com
C&H Surplus: http://aaaim.com/CandH/index.htm
National Power Chair: http://www.npcinc.com/robots/
SmallParts Inc: http://www.smallparts.com/
MSC Direct: http://www.mscdirect.com
MECI.Com: http://www.meci.com
J&L Industrial Supply: http://www.jlkdirect.com
Online Shopping for Speed controllers:
Vantec: http://www.vantec.com/
IFI Robotics: http://www.ifirobotics.com/
Online Shopping for Metals:
AircraftSpruce.Com: www.aircraftspruce.com
Batteries:
Battlepacks (almost a battlebots standard): http://sjslhill.hypermart.net/BattleBots
The Battery Station: http://www.batterystation.com
Tools:
Harbor Freight: http://www.harborfreight.com
Grizzly: http://www.grizzly.com/
Enco: http://www.encotools.com
Micro-Mark (bought my 7x12 Lathe from here): http://www.micromark.com
Penn Tool Co: http://www.penntoolco.com
KBC Tools: http://www.kbctools.com/
General Information:
American Fastener Technologies technical reference charts: http://www.americanfastener.com/techcharts.htm
Paul Hills Techical Guide to building fighting robots: http://homepages.which.net/~paul.hills/
Metal Mart, some materials descriptions and online shopping: http://www.execpc.com/~metal/tech.html
National T Bucket Association Fastener ID Chart: http://www.nationaltbucketassoc.com/tech_info/ntba_bolt_chart.htm
Engineers Edge: http://www.engineersedge.com
Battlebots Team Pages (Lots of *great* information on these!):
Derek Zahn's robots (Daisy, etc) http://www.happyrobots.com/
Team Mad Cow, Excellent site!: http://www.teammadcow.com/
Derek Young's Robots (Pressure Drop, Complete Control): http://www.automatum.com/
Raybotics (Malvolio, lots of good build logs, links, etc): http://www.raybert.com/rayzone/raybotics/
Team Dead Blow: http://www.deadblow.net
Team S.L.A.M. http://users.intercomm.com/stevenn/kiss/builder.htm
Team S.L.A.M.'s wiring guide (good for newbies!): http://users.intercomm.com/stevenn/kiss/wiring.htm
Team Nightmare: http://www.robotcombat.com/
CoolRobots: http://www.coolrobots.com/
Team Minus Zero: http://www.tmz.com/home.html
Team Sparky: http://www.angelfire.com/sports/kohnhead/
Doyle Automation: http://robotics.doyle.net/tools/speedcalc.shtml
Team Smakdown (Las Vegas local): http://www.lvcm.com/smakdown/
KillerHurtz Pneumatics page: www.johnreid.demon.co.uk/howto/pneumatics.htm
Robot Dojo (lots of Pro-E files): www.robotdojo.com
Inertia Labs, Toro, T-Minus, Battlepacks: www.longnow.org/rhino