Q1: Who is this website written for?
A1: This website is for everyone. We want to be able to allow anyone who wants to build robots, and may have had trouble penetrating the lingo, to enjoy any of the projects and guides that we intend to produce. We understand that it may seem like this website is written only for younger people/children, however we’d say that it’s merely written to include them. While we would like to engage with home education families, or families with school children, but who proactively teach at home, we have specifically written this website with all ages in mind.
Q2: Are your robots part of a kit?
A2: No, our robots are not kits. Any robot built by us and has our own particular build style, just as anyone would. We do sometimes use parts like different chassis’, however this is merely for convenience due to us not having a large machine shop like other roboticists. Kits are good fun, however we recommend that if you want to get the best experience from your robot building, you experiment with the robots on this website or some of the robotic projects on Rocking Sprocket, and you try to create your own, one of a kind robots. We think you’ll learn more that way!
Q3: Do you sell kits?
A3: Unfortunately, no, we do not. We have previously thought about doing a kit of our own, however we think it would be much easier for people to see what we build, give out our plans and parts lists freely, and then encourage you to experiment and develop your own robots. We think that even if you copy our robots, you will still end up putting your own flair on them, and so they will then become your own masterpieces. We don’t want to deprive you of that by selling a kit with instructions. We want to encourage experimentation and creativity.
Q4: Can we use your designs/ideas?
A4: Yes, go for it. Most of the robots here are going to be uploaded with their wiring diagrams, codes, parts lists, specs, build gallery and an explainer video. We welcome you to build our robots. If you can give us credit, then that would be nice, but it’s not required. If we were to ever build something for competition, and it represented our intellectual property, we would make that very clear. That’s unlikely though. We love Open Source.