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BPI
I am now working as a graduate Power Engineer designing LV networks!
2:1 Beng (hons)
I graduated from The University of Liverpool in 2007
PCB's
PCB's have been added for the mini-sumo, symet and Bicore walker robots
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Resources links:
 BEAM Wiki - A growing compilation of all resources
Solarbotics - The best BEAM resources
Totalrobots - UK based suppliers
eBeamUK - UK based suppliers of great BEAM products
SheekGeek - BEAM and educational kit suppliers
Yahoo BEAM - BEAM community
Solarbotics.net - Community pages
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Fellow BEAMers links:
Solarbotics.net - Community pages
JWGoerlich's site - A fellow BEAMer who has made some great robots. Also some great Solar Engine tests!
Harold's BEAM bots - An Excellent site with some amazing robots
Mini Sumo - All the sumo info you could need
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Welcome to my Site, TomboT - and the home of Liverpool Universities BEAM robotics
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My name is Tom Elner, I am a graduate of The University of Liverpool with a 2:1 BEng (hons) in Computer and Robotics systems. I am very passionate about building robots and have inspired my colleagues to do the same. I am currently employed as a graduate Power Engineer with British Power International, where I design LV networks.
Myself and some friends have demonstrated to the University how simple robots can be built which provide an excellent learning platform, and as a result the University have changed the way they utilise their Year 1 lab sessions to include our robots.
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From now on the year 1's start by building a simple Symet robot in their first lab session, they then move on to build a line following obstacle avoiding robot, this can take the form of a BEAM robot or a micro-processor controlled robot.
My year 2 university project, for which I won a best project of the year award for, was a light seeking walking hexapod robot, Queen Ant. Queen Ant walks and seeks light without the use of a single micro-processor, not a single line of human programming has been used, yet the 6 legs walk perfectly. My final year project for which I achieved a first class grade,
was another hexapod, this one is a human heat seeking hexapod robot, R.A.D.A.R.
With this site I hope to inspire others to build BEAM robots, and offer a general reference point for anyone interested in them. Please feel free to ask questions via e-mail or in the forum.
Search the site here:
On this site you will find:
- Year Ones: Any problems with your projects, or need help with robot ideas? Let us know in the forum
- BEAM robot circuits - a comprehensive list of circuits including solar engines, and full robot circuits
- My BEAM robots - walking robots, solar powered photopopper, sumobots, solar racers, headbots and more
- University of Liverpool BEAM robot information
- BEAM robot Tutorials and robot building tips
- Javascript programs - including a handy resistor calculator, binary hexidecimal and denary converters, and Mastermind game
- C - programming examples - also including a resistor calculator, hex converter, matrix program, and misc uni projects
- Forum - chat about anything, ask questions about robots, seek help with uni work, tell jokes!
 
 
A few of my BEAM robots
My Robots:
Robots being developed:
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