{"id":4382,"date":"2012-06-12T01:20:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T08:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2014-07-16T15:27:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T07:27:20","slug":"new-product-post-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/new-product-post-42\/","title":{"rendered":"New Product Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/201012241%E6%B3%95%E8%90%A8%E8%8A%AC12847482151-300x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After last week\u2019s exciting introduction of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&amp;search_in_description=0&amp;keyword=makeblock&amp;x=60&amp;y=21\">Makeblock<\/a>, the make-your-own robot project, we\u2019re continuing the robot theme this week with some fabulous products from Vstone, an innovative company that develops and manufactures robots and related products for research and produces smaller form factor robots for the average consumer.\u00a0 Vstone is well known for its humanoid type designs and has won Robo Cup, the soccer tournament of robots, for five years straight from 2004 \u2013 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4386\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/new-product-post-42\/robovie-x0\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4386 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Robovie-X0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Robovie-X0.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Robovie-X0-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Robovie-X0-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We currently offer two products from Vstone.\u00a0 The first, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/robovie-x-p-1211.html?cPath=170_172\">Robovie &#8211; X<\/a>, is a humanoid robot for beginners.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0With it\u2019s easy to assemble design and the \u201cRobovie Maker\u201d software, set up and programming is a breeze.\u00a0 You will be amazed at how something so simple to build and program can do so many things, like run, dance, flip, and play soccer.\u00a0 If you want to add to your robots complexity, sensor expansion is available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4394\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/new-product-post-42\/besuto5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4394      aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Besuto5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Besuto5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Besuto5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Besuto5-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/beauto-racer-p-1213.html?cPath=170_172\">Beauto Racer<\/a> from Vstone.\u00a0 This is a very cool car that uses infrared sensors to detect between white and black, so you can program it to follow black lines on a white surface.\u00a0 This kit only has ten parts, is easy to put together, requires no tools for assembly, and runs on a single AA battery.\u00a0 It comes with its own software for programming, Beauto Builder R.\u00a0 Simply load the software on the PC, plug your robot into the USB slot, and start programming by dragging the mouse to arrange and connect the boxes in a flowchart format.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4410\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/new-product-post-42\/little-wire-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4410 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Little-Wire1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Little-Wire1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Little-Wire1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Little-Wire1-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On a different note, we have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/little-wire-p-1212.html?cPath=174\" target=\"_blank\">Little Wire<\/a>, a mini microcontroller board for projects where you just need a few pins and not a full-fledged board like an Arduino.\u00a0 Little Wire has 4 Digital I\/O pins.\u00a0 Four of the pins can be used as strictly digital.\u00a0 Of the four, 2 are capable of PWM output.\u00a0 In addition, 2 of these pins can also be used as analog input pins.\u00a0 Little Wire also handles SPI and I2C for serial communication.\u00a0 For projects that include control from a computer over USB, Little Wire includes libraries for Processing (currently Windows only), C# (currently Windows only), C, and C++.\u00a0 Lastly, Little Wire can be used to program other AVR chips as it doubles as a USBtiny compatible AVR programmer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4412\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/new-product-post-42\/ultimatestarterblue\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4412 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/UltimateStarterblue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/UltimateStarterblue.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/UltimateStarterblue-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/UltimateStarterblue-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember how we mentioned last week that the Makeblock team of Jasen and Alex were busy working on expanding the line with different colors?\u00a0 Look no further than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/ultimate-makeblock-robot-starter-kit-blue-p-1214.html?cPath=170_172\">Ultimate Makeblock Starter Kit &#8211; Blue<\/a>.\u00a0 As you can tell from the title, this make-your-own robot kit now comes in blue which is in addition to the original gold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/ultimate-makeblock-robot-starter-kit-gold-p-1203.html?cPath=170_172\">Ultimate Makeblock Starter Kit<\/a>.\u00a0 These kits are a great value because they contain all of the parts for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/makeblock-2wd-robot-kit-p-1200.html?cPath=170_172\">2WD Crane Robot Kit<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/makeblock-4wd2wd-robot-kit-gold-p-1202.html?cPath=170_172\">4WD\/2WD Robot Kit<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/makeblock-4leg-crawler-robot-kit-gold-p-1201.html?cPath=170_172\">4-Leg Crawler Robot<\/a>; furthermore, they have additional components for constructing add-ons.\u00a0 They are all still listed at the special discounted price.\u00a0 So take advantage now because this sale is offered for a limited time.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all for now.\u00a0 Until next time, keep on making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">(written by Erin Linke)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last week\u2019s exciting introduction of Makeblock, the make-your-own robot project, 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