BEAMers
From BEAM Robotics Wiki
- A term used when referring to any person that enjoys building BEAM robots and other BEAM based circuits.
Many BEAMers have set up their own BEAM related websites. This Wiki is a good example of a site that was established by a BEAMer, in this case Marcus Nowotny. And of course the material found here has been created, provided and/or improved by BEAMers.
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[edit] Meet The BEAMers
First, a few BEAMers of special significance.
[edit] Mark W. Tilden
THE FOUNDING FATHER of BEAM Robotics and the man to whom each and every BEAMer owes a debt of gratitude and thanks.
He gave us all a different and better way of turning our dreams of building robots into a reality.
[edit] Wilf Rigter
Considered by most BEAMers to be THE Master BEAMer, Wilf has given more to the BEAM community than ant other BEAMer with the only possible exception being Mark Tilden
[edit] The Original BEAM Heretic
AKA Your Friendly Hog Father, AKA Zoz, AKA Zozzles T. Freep, AKA John A. deVries II, AKA Jean auBois
Always ready to don his flame retardant suit and challenge BEAM orthodoxy; John has kept us BEAMers honest and on our toes by challenging claims that he believes are unfounded, unproven and given to much credibility.
[edit] Master BEAMers
A Master BEAMer is an individual who has:
- Regularly provided assistance to other BEAMers
- Written significant articles or tutorials that have clarified certain BEAM principles, concepts or techniques.
- Developed a significant BEAM robots, circuits or mechanisms
By doing so the Master BEAMer has advanced and expanded the world of BEAM robotics.
- Bruce Robinson
- Craig Maynard
- David Hrynkiw
- Eric Seale - aka Conan the Librarian
- Grant McKee
- Ian Bernstein
- John A. deVries II
- Mark Tilden
- Wilf Rigter
[edit] Associate BEAMers
An Associate BEAMer is a person who worked with Mark Tilden's in his research, and therefore played some part in the development of BEAM Robotics
[edit] BEAM Contributors
A BEAM Contributor is someone who has created a BEAM robot, circuit or Mechanism that proven to be very useful, or inspired, other BEAMers in some way. These people may not consider themselves to be Master BEAMer, but their contributions to BEAM robotics is no less significant.
- Andrew Miller
- Ben Hitchcock
- Clifford Boerema (aka Droidmakr)
- J Wolfgang Goerlich
- James V. Mullens
- Manfred Schaffran
- Marcus Nowotny
- Martin Keen
- Richard Caudle (aka Frankendaddy)
- Sebastiaan van Vleet
- Steven Bolt
- Terry Newton
- Tom Gray
- Tom Jenner (Roboanalogtom)
- Wouter Brok
[edit] External BEAMer Sites
Be sure to check out the many BEAMer websites hosted by solarbotic.net
- The Arabella Contraption Company,BEAM bots and many more electronic and non-electronic projects.
- Adam Harris (Morrow's End) Adam's BEAM 'bots
- Art Loya (Rumgod) Art (Rumgod) Loya’s BEAM Robots
- Beam Bot Forums A place for BEAMers to gather and chat about BEAM Bots.
- Brian's Solar Life
- Chui-Yuan Fang's BEAM Robotics
- Bruce Robinson's (A) Dissident's View of Robotics website.
- Dan Roe's Sculptural Robotics
- Darrell Johnson’s Bicoreeos website
- Clifford Boerema's
Droidmakr's WorkshopUnfortunately, Yahoo has shut down geocities, so this site is no longer active.
But Droidmaker has posted most of the information from that site to the BEAM Wiki. - Richard Caudle's Frankendaddy's Vault of Robotic Horrors
- Grant McKee's BEAM robotics page
- Greybear's Green Robotics Age - BEAMitaly (Italian only, sorry)
- Harold R. Ilano's BEAM Robotics Page
- Insectroids Jerome Demers' (alias Robomaniac) Website
- Jeff Steele’sBEAM Robots page
- Eric Seale'sJust Enough Volts Robotics!
- J Wolfgang Goerlich's website
- BOTART, James V. Mullens' BEAM art website
- Martin Keen's BEAM Links Robotics and Electronics Webpage
- Ken Hill’s Rug-Bug BEAM Photovore
- Marty Vulk's BEAM page
- Math Vos's BEAM webpage
- Paul T. Barton’s (aka IDEZilla) BEAM Bugs
- Steven Bolt's PiTronics
- TomboT, University of Liverpool BEAM website.
- There is also a BEAM Robotics community on YouTube that focuses on simple robots with BEAM Technology. This is a great place to upload and share videos of your BEAM robots.
[edit] Not Quite BEAMers
These are individual who are or have been involved in building robots or doing research that can be applied to robotics, which although not specifically BEAM in the purest sense of the term, their robots and research represent concepts and techniques that are similar to BEAM in some way, or that might inspire new ideas and solutions, or potentially useful to designers and builders of BEAM robots and circuits.
- Braitenberg, Valentino
- Brooks, Rodney
- Elias, John G.
- Hammond, John Hays
- Heiserman, David L.
- Higgins, Charles
- Jonathan Connell & His Robots
- Lewis, M. Anthony
- Mead, Carver
- Miessner, Benjamin Franklin
- Walter, W. Grey
[edit] Non-BEAMers Worth Noting
These are individual who have Written books, created websites, designed and/or built robots or other robot related items or materials that, although not specifically BEAM, might provide inspiration or solutions that are potentially useful to designers and builders of BEAM robots and circuits.
