Beeb-Bot

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Beeb-Bot is a fully open hardware recreation of the iconic 1983 Economatics BBC Buggy robot, meticulously crafted for educational and hobby use. Designed as an innovative STEM tool, Beeb-bot was originally intended to complement the Acorn BBC Microcomputer, which was widely used in schools at that time. This cutting-edge robot can be printed, assembled, and utilized with various stages, offering a wide range of educational benefits related to robotics, programming, mathematics, and geometry. The robot's design makes it an excellent teaching tool for learning about construction, use, and the intricacies of robotics. Full details, printing instructions, construction guidelines, and the complete OpenSCAD source code are readily available on the project's GitHub repository: https://github.com/simoninns/Beeb-Bot/wiki Please access the GitHub repo for the latest STL files and parts. The original robot was built using Fischertechnik, a versatile building block system similar to Lego but better suited for teaching engineering due to its ability to create strong and complex shapes with fewer parts. The original BBC Buggy was constructed by combining standard hardware (motors, screws, nuts, etc.), standard Fischertechnik aluminium and plastics parts, as well as unique Fischertechnik compatible parts that were exclusive to the robot kit. The Beeb-Bot design offers two construction applications; either the 3D printed parts can be used to create a complete robot or individual parts can be utilized as direct one-to-one replacements in order to repair or complete an original BBC Buggy, which is still widely used by organizations and individuals. Every part of Beeb-Bot is meticulously designed to be both 3D printable and fully backwards-compatible with the original Economatics kit.