It can also be a refreshing, rewarding hobby for folks who want to combine their hands, brains and creativity to make a working robot in just a few hours for just a few bucks. They say that Tilden has just renamed simple electronic circuits with complex sounding names like nervous net and microcore. Perhaps Tilden's charisma and extroverted confidence seem too commercial, and undermine his credibility among scientific academics. And the applications can be used to research autonomous robotic behavior patterns. There are many games throughout the world, throughout the year.
Innovation is the order of the day.
KrisTech Robot Magazine will continue to follow advancements in BEAM robotics. I believe this is a philosophy which advances robotics. To get started BEAMing, check out the following links. Come back here next week for more detailed BEAM info. The RobotStore has BEAM stuff, too.