Difference between pages "Vorpal The Hexapod" and "Vorpal Robotics"

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Welcome to the Vorpal Robotics Wiki

Here you'll find information about projects and products from Vorpal Robotics, LLC, including technical information, free downloads, classroom activity ideas, and more!

Vorpal Products

Our first product is the Vorpal the Hexapod, a 3D printed robot project. Many of the wiki entries on our site will revolve around this product, including technical details, CAD files, software, and more. But stay tuned for additional products as well as contributed extensions!

Here are some quick links to get you started:

Vorpal The Hexapod Pre-soldered electrical parts for inexpensive mini-servo 12DOF 3D printed hexapod robots.
Vorpal Factory Paired Bluetooth Modules has information on how to use our factory paired HC05 Bluetooth Modules for your Arduino or Raspberry Pi (or other microcontroller) projects
[Vorpal Robotics Store] where you can purchase our projects and products, and many components useful for Arduino, Robotics, and 3D printed projects.

Vorpal Robotics Forum

You can visit our newly launched VORPAL ROBOTICS FORUM to get online support and share ideas about Vorpal Robotics products.

Coming Soon: Vorpal Robotics Store

We will be launching an online store in November. We'll be carrying our own kits, electronic components, and prewired electrical systems to help you build awesome 3D printed projects that include robotic and electronic elements! Stay tuned for more information.

Our Philosophy

Vorpal Robotics is dedicated to creating fun, interactive, classroom and teacher friendly robotics products based on open source technologies and 3D printing. We sell kits as well as fully built robots that can support STEM activities from grade school through middle- and high-school.

What's With the Funny Names?

The word Vorpal comes from the classic Lewis Carroll poem Jaberwocky. It represents a powerful weapon used to slay an evil monster, the fearsome Jabberwock. To us, it symbolizes using powerful technologies to solve problems. See Jaberwocky by Lewis Carroll.

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-Vorpal The Hexapod is a low cost, easy to build hexapod that includes a Bluetooth gamepad. All the structural parts are 3D printed, allowing you to modify the design easily, reprint parts when needed, and save money (if you have a 3D printer) by only purchasing the electronic parts.
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-==What can it do?==
-This robot is made for educational fun through friendly competition and there are endless ways it can be used by both the hobbyist and teachers.
+==Welcome to the Vorpal Robotics Wiki==
-The Vorpal Hexapod has these features:
+Here you'll find information about projects and products from Vorpal Robotics, LLC, including technical information, free downloads, classroom activity ideas, and more!
-* 12 degrees of freedom using all-metal gear mini servos.
+== Vorpal Products ==
-* Bluetooth wireless control using the custom Vorpal Button Gamepad
+Our first product is the [[Vorpal the Hexapod]], a 3D printed robot project. Many of the wiki entries on our site will revolve around this product, including technical details, CAD files, software, and more. But stay tuned for additional products as well as contributed extensions!
-* Arduino open source hardware used on both the gamepad and hexapod
-* The gamepad has many preprogrammed functions for walking, dancing, and fighting style competitions.
-* A unique feature allows gamepad functions to be recorded and replayed. For example, record a dancing session, then rewind and replay it all from the gamepad!
-* MIT Scratch Programming!
-**Tether the gamepad to your computer via USB and control the hexapod using your own Scratch code.
-**Scratch programs can both wirelessly control the robot and read sensor data from optional sensors on the robot.
-* Tremendous Expandability! The built in hardware and sensor expansion ports guarantee nearly unlimited expandability. Besides the accessories we already have, we are working on tons of new cool extensions, and you can also create your own using a 3D printer and standard, inexpensive sensors and other hardware.
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-==How Do I Get it/Build it?==
+Here are some quick links to get you started:
-Vorpal The Hexapod is available on our store (see [https://vorpal-robotics-store.myshopify.com/collections/hexapod-kits low cost hexapod robot kits]) as well as fully built and tested.
+*[[Vorpal The Hexapod]] Pre-soldered electrical parts for inexpensive mini-servo 12DOF 3D printed hexapod robots.
+*[[Vorpal Factory Paired Bluetooth Modules]] has information on how to use our factory paired HC05 Bluetooth Modules for your Arduino or Raspberry Pi (or other microcontroller) projects
+*[[http://store.vorpalrobotics.com Vorpal Robotics Store]] where you can purchase our projects and products, and many components useful for Arduino, Robotics, and 3D printed projects.
-You have several options for obtaining Vorpal The Hexapod:
+==Vorpal Robotics Forum==
+You can visit our newly launched [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vorpal-robotics-forum VORPAL ROBOTICS FORUM] to get online support and share ideas about Vorpal Robotics products.
-* Buy it completely built and ready to use
+==Coming Soon: Vorpal Robotics Store==
-* Buy all the parts, including the structural parts, and assemble yourself (assembly time is about 90 minutes)
+We will be launching an online store in November. We'll be carrying our own kits, electronic components, and prewired electrical systems to help you build awesome 3D printed projects that include robotic and electronic elements!  Stay tuned for more information.
-* Buy just the electronics, and you 3D print the free STL files for the structural parts, then assemble yourself
-The first option is the most convenient (and the most expensive, although the Vorpal Hexapod is still among the least expensive complete Hexapods on the market).
+== Our Philosophy ==
+Vorpal Robotics is dedicated to creating fun, interactive, classroom and teacher friendly robotics products based on open source technologies and 3D printing. We sell kits as well as fully built robots that can support STEM activities from grade school through middle- and high-school.
-The second and third options are a lot more educational and fun, and will allow you to explore making your own enhancements. If you have a 3D printer, the third option is the most economical of all, because you can print all the parts you need for only about $10 worth of filament.
+== What's With the Funny Names? ==
+The word Vorpal comes from the classic Lewis Carroll poem ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky Jaberwocky]''. It represents a powerful weapon used to slay an evil monster, the fearsome Jabberwock. To us, it symbolizes using powerful technologies to solve problems. See [[Jaberwocky by Lewis Carroll]].
-No soldering is necessary when building the kit. Age for build: 6th grade through adult. Adult supervision is suggested for students who are younger than high school level.
-See our [http://store.vorpalrobotics.com Vorpal The Hexapod Store] for information on where to order parts or fully built hexapods.
-[[File:Scamp-Leg-Raised.jpg|left|350px|Vorpal The Hexapod Robot]]
-{{Vorpal Quick Links}}