Vendors#
Below are some of the vendors of robotic hardware, software, and related materials. If they're listed on this page, I've done business with them and am satisfied and/or quite happy with their service.
Limor Fried, who founded and is the CEO of AdaFruit, has a list of vendors on her wiki
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While we can't vouch for them, they're likely reliable suppliers of robot and hobbiest electonics.
Robotics & Personal Electronics#
- Adafruit (US) personal electronics & robotics specialist
- Pimoroni (UK) personal electronics & robotics specialist
- RobotShop (Canada, US) robotics specialist
- Pololu (US) robotics and electronics manufacturer and vendor
- PiBorg (UK) robotics add-on boards for Raspberry Pi (robots, motor controllers, etc.)
- PiJuice (UK) focusing on robot power supplies and accessories
- 4Tronix (UK) robotics speciality boards for Arduino and Raspberry Pi
(US) focusing mainly on electro-mechanical hardware, very good selection
* The Evil Mad Scientist Shop, who "produce and distribute a curated selection of components and original kits in support of art, education, and accessibility"
- SuperDroid Robots (USA) large, well-built but rather expensive wheeled (traditional, mecanum, etc.) and tracked chassis; tactical, lawn-mowing, snow-blower robots, generally remote control; autonomous robots are US$3750-$19990 (warning: their YouTube videos include rather annoying, unnecessary hard rock music)
- Matiot Robot Kits (and other accessories, located in Istanbul)
- Lynxmotion, manufacturer of robot kits, accessories and hardware
- JSumo Robots
- The Robot Marketplace
Electronics#
Hardware, Plastics, Materials, Other#
- MakerBeam supplier of both a 10mm and 15mm square extruded aluminum construction system
- MicroRAX supplier of a 10mm square extruded aluminum construction system
- Coastal Fasteners (Porirua, NZ): supplier of nuts, bolts, all manner of stainless coolness
- Mecha4Makers: New Zealand supplier of T-Slot Aluminium Industrial Construction Extrusions & Mechatronics components, as well as motion-specific hardware, tools, cables, 3D printer parts, etc. (prices on some parts are very reasonable)
- Mitre 10: whereas Bunnings have rather meagre pickings, Mitre 10 carry a pretty good line of stainless nuts and bolts
- Pete's Emporium: miscellaneous everything, including wheels, hardware, etc.
- Macplas: an Auckland supplier of pretty much any plastic you might need. I used clear polycarbonate and black delrin, ordered on the phone and it was here in a few days.
- Cactus Plastics in Petone. They don't sell some of the more unusual plastics like Delrin but if you just need perspex (acrylic) they've got it and they're nearby.