5/15/01 This is my second entry. I would first like to than STEVE for certifying me as apprentace. I am currently trying to figure out HTML. I am going to start a new web page to show my robot pojects and it should be ready in a few days. If you read my entry form yeasterday you probably saw that I was looking for ways to keep my robots as inexspenive as posiable. If you Know any places online to get good parts cheap then e-mail me at ROBERTH9000@hotmail.com. As you can see I keep my user name mostly the same all across the net. I do this so that I do not get mixed up. I going to go work on my new web page now. Roberth9000

5/14/01 This is my first entry. I joined just last saterday. Last Thursday I finshed building a $150 doller walking robot kit. I have not yet been able to test it yet because I have not received my Basic Stamp programing cable yet. If I can get it to work after I receive the cable I will start building my first (non-kit) robot. In my design I am using a hamster play ball as the body of the robot. When done it will use 4 IRPD vision kits (1 front, 1 back, 1 front angling down to search for stairs, and 1 back angling down to search for steps),4 wisker sensors (for what the IRPDS miss) ,a OEM Basic Stamp 2E, a dual H bridge motor diver, 2 small motors, and 2 2" foam tires. I have it so that the wheels only skick out of the bottom about 1/2 inch. I would realy like it if someone who is reading this would swich me from observer to apprentice so that I can post my plans online so that I can get ideas from others on how it should work and how to keep it as inexspenive as posable. Roberth9000