Appendix B
Internet Parts Sources
On these pages you’ll find a selected list of online sources for robots and robot-building parts. I haven’t listed everyone, just a handful of the best and those that have been around for a while.
FYI
Web sites come and go. New and updated sources may be found at the RBB Online Support site. See Appendix A for details.
Robotics
Robot kits, sensors, servos, wheels, parts.
Acroname—www.acroname.com
Active Robots—www.active-robots.com
Arrick Robotics—www.robotics.com
Budget Robotics—www.budgetrobotics.com
CrustCrawler—www.crustcrawler.com
Fingertech Robotics—www.fingertechrobotics.com
Lynxmotion—www.lynxmotion.com
Machine Science—www.machinescience.com
Mark III Robot Store—www.junun.org/MarkIII/
Mr. Robot—www.mrrobot.com
OWI Robots—www.robotikitsdirect.com
Parallax—www.parallax.com
Pitsco—www.pitsco.com
Pololu—www.pololu.com
RB Robotics—www.rbrobotics.com
Robot MarketPlace—www.robotmarketplace.com
Robotis—www.robotis.com
RobotShop—www.robotshop.com
Robot Store (HK)—www.robotstorehk.com
Solarbotics—www.solarbotics.com
TrossenRobotics—www.trossenrobotics.com
Vex Robotics—www.vexrobotics.com
Zagros Robotics—www.zagrosrobotics.com
Electronics
Components, modules, microcontrollers. May include both new and surplus.
Allied Electronics—www.alliedelec.com
Arrow Electronics—www.arrow.com
Avnet (Avnet Electronics)—www.avnet.com
BG Micro—www.bgmicro.com
Circuit Specialists—www.web-tronics.com
Devantech Ltd.—www.robot-electronics.co.uk
Dick Smith Electronics—dicksmith.com.au
Digi-Key—www.digikey.com
Electronix Express—www.elexp.com
Farnell—www.farnell.com
Future Electronics—www.futureelectronics.com
Hobby Engineering—www.hobbyengineering.com
HVW Tech—www.hvwtech.com
Images SI—www.imagesco.com
Jameco Electronics—www.jameco.com
JDR Microdevices—www.jdr.com
Maplin Electronics—www.maplin.co.uk
Marlin P. Jones & Assoc—www.mpja.com
MCM Electronics—www.mcmelectronics.com
Mouser Electronics—www.mouser.com
Newark Electronics—www.newark.com
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.—www.nuhorizons.com
Parts Express—www.partsexpress.com
RadioShack—www.radioshack.com
SparkFun Electronics—www.sparkfun.com
Hobby
Servo motors and accessories, radio control sets, parts for model airplanes and cars. Many of the sources listed under Robotics and Electronics also carry these parts.
BP Hobbies—www.bphobbies.com
Central Hobbies—www.centralhobbies.com
Hobby Lobby—www.hobbylobby.com
Hobby People—www.hobbypeople.net
Horizon Hobby—www.horizonhobby.com
Servo City—www.servocity.com
Tower Hobbies—www.towerhobbies.com
Forums and Blogs
Arduino Forum—arduino.cc/forum
Google Groups—groups.google.com
Let’s Make Robots—www.letsmakerobots.com
Lugnet—news.lugnet.com/robotics
Parallax Discussion Forums—forums.parallax.com
PICAXE Forum—www.picaxeforum.co.uk
Robots.net—www.robots.net
Society of Robots—www.societyofrobots.com
More on the Web!
Find hundreds of links for specialty sources on the RBB Online Support site (refer to Appendix A for the details). There are several dozen categories, and the site is updated regularly.