Vendors#
Below are some of the vendors of robotic hardware, software, and related materials:
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
Electronics#
Hardware, Plastics, Materials, Other#
- 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.