Gareth's guide to robot and robot kits

Over at the Make Blog, Gareth Branwyn has compiled a great list of robot gift ideas.

Maker Bundle #1
The Maker Shed has put together the first in a series of parts collections, called Maker Bundles. Maker Bundle #1 combines all of the electronic components to make four of the beginner-to-intermediate robot projects we've covered in MAKE magazine. For $20 off the cost of buying the parts separately, you get all of the components you need to make the iconic Mousey the Junkbot, two fundamental BEAMbots (a Trimet solar "top" and a SolarRoller), and Jerome Demers's awesome BeetleBot, a robot that uses only switches to create obstacle-avoiding behavior. My article on how to build Mousey can be found in MAKE, Volume 02. I covered the basics of BEAM and how to build the Trimet and SolaRoller in MAKE Volume 06. Jerome's BeetleBot article can be found in MAKE, Volume 12. You can also get my three project articles in The Best of MAKE collection.
Price: $55.00

Holiday Gift Guide: Robots!

• [cinemajay]

  Very cool! I seriously need to put the new Dremel and soldering iron to work!

• [IWood]

  BEAMbots=fab! I have a robot cockroach that lives in my living room and only comes out from under the couch when it’s dark.

• [Strangepork]

  Where’s the “buy now” button at the bottom of this post? These look like some nice robot kits!