Resources

Associations & Organizations
Bot Parts

Amazon Industrial & Scientific

Fasteners, Gears, Metals, Plastics, Tools & more

American Science & Surplus

Motors, Wheels and Much More. Milwaukee Store

Anaheim Automation

Source for Motors and Gearboxes

Bane Bots

Source for Motors, Gearboxes & Speed Controllers

AA Portable Power Corp

Source for batteries, chargers, analyzers, etc.

Berg

Gears, Sprockets, Belts, Couplers, Etc.

Circuit Specialists

Robotics Parts Supplier

Ebay

New & Used Motors, Tools, Metals & More

Sciences Direct

Some Parts but mostly Ideas

Fairlane Products

Durasoft Wheels (No-crush type) & Cad models

Fast Fittings.com

Pneumatic Fittings & Valves

FreeCycle

All sorts of free stuff that people in Milw area give away

Gears EDS

Source for Gears Kit, Pittman Motors & Speed Controllers

Lynxmotion

Wheels, tracks, motors, etc.

Mc Master Carr

Good source for hardware & material

Robot Market Place

Good source for Bot components

Robot Power

Mostly Speed Controllers

Robot Shop

Robot Kits & Parts

Rush Gears Inc.

All types of gears & Cad models

Surplus Center

s Motors, Gears, Wheels, Pneumatics, Etc.

eMachineShop

Online Machine Shop To Build Parts

CAD Models

McMaster Carr

Cad models of various hardware items.

Reference Material

Bot Buidling Books

 A Free Project Guide for Robotics and Engineering

Building Bots: Designing and Building Warrior Robots

General Bot Building Book

Building Robot Drive Trains

Kickin’ Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots

Great Bot Book, Written by Grant Imahara (On Mythbusters TV Show)

Robot Builder’s Bonanza

Robot Building for Dummies

 

Other

MatWeb

Online materials information

Speed Calculator

Online calculator to find out bot speed

Bot Buidling Books

Drawing a Gear in Cad

Shows how to draw a gear in cad

Society of Robots

Many Robot Building Tutorials