
With the goal of inspiring and educating young robot builders everywhere,
kidbots.com's mission is to show
how millions
of old, obsolete computers can be turned into
programmable robots. Included is a brief introduction to
electronic components, PC components, CPU operation, and programming.
Special attention is paid to use of the PC's parallel printer port as
general
purpose I/O to control actuators and read digital sensors,
along with simple code examples in BASIC.
The site is summed up with a
fun animated gif
showing a tin-can robot
walking across a pile of old motherboards.