[Robotgroup] Boe-Bot Qs

[Vern Graner]

Mohammad El-Abid wrote:
> 1.	is there a way to add buttons to Boe-Bot and then use that to select programs?

add buttons is fairly simple. Using them to alter the "flow" of a
program is possible, but on the BSII there is only on program running at
a time. so, you could build one program with different "parts" and use
the buttons to select what part of the program to run. :)

> 2.	Safe to let run around?

Very. they use small servo motors to move, are light weight and do not
have much power so it would be very unlikely anyone would get hurt. They
are pretty robust as well and should be safe to have on a table, just
don't drop it or step on it! :)

> 3.	Customize with actual parts not from parallax?

Sure. there are lots of neat parts from parallax but you can also go
shopping at lynxmotion, sparkfun and budget robotics etc. lots of places
to add stuff to the basic boebot platform. :)

Vern


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