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What's The Owlbert Way? It can be summed up on one word - clarity. The Owlbert Way focuses on putting the consumer in the position of power. It's easily followed - one only has to discover the Robotics resources that will aid you in making the *right* buying decision (ie, read customer testimonials, find comparison shopping sites, take into consider current customer reviews, etc.)... and then use them.

In our Robotics consumers resources below, you'll find critical reviews, forums that discuss each product and comparison shopping sites too! Please take advantage of them prior to making your final Robotics-related decision.

With that, enjoy! Perhaps you might like to start with popular Robotics reviews

LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 (8547)
Feature: ... The intelligent NXT Lego brick features 32-bit microprocessor, a large matrix display, 4 input and 3 output ports, and Bluetooth and USB communication link; batteries not included; Three interactive servo motors; four sensors (Ultrasonic Sensor, 2 Touch Sensors and the all-new Color Sensor); Color Sensor has triple functionality: Distinguishes colors and light settings, and functions as a lamp; Easy-to-use software (PC and Mac) with icon-based drag-and-drop programming and 16 fun building and programming challenges; building instructions for 4 new amazing robots; 612 pieces ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-07-20 Summary: NXT 2.0: A Solid Improvement on the Best MINDSTORMS Set Ever ... I first encountered the MINDSTORMS series in 2001 when I bought the Robotics Invention System 1.5 out of curiosity. Since then, I've purchased and used numerous MINDSTORMS sets, written two MINDSTORMS books, developed and taught a LEGO robotics course, and given LEGO presentations. So when I heard that LEGO was releasing the NXT 2.0 set in summer/fall 2009, I was curious to discover how LEGO would improve its flagship product. After finally getting my hands on a 2.0 set, I've been busy building, programming, and analyzing ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-08-02 Summary: Great kit, different than the 1.0 kit and real fun ... This summer I taught a summer workshop on the Mindstorms NXT robotics system. I have to say that out of all of the kits available this one is the most cost effective and fun kit to use for robotics learning. It was so easy to teach the 8-15 year old students how to quickly build and program the examples provided in the kit, the kids really enjoyed the ShooterBot build. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is back and better than ever, with new robot models, even more customizable programming, and all-new technology including a color sensor! MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 combines the unlimited versatility of the LEGO building system with an intelligent microcomputer brick and intuitive drag-and-drop programming software. The new 2.0 toolkit features everything you need to create your first robot in 30 minutes and then tens of thousands of other robotic inventions that do what you...more

Multi-sensitivity Acceleration Sensor v3 for Mindstorms NXT
Feature: ... 3 axis sensor with multiple sensitivity levels of gravity.; Sensitivities: 2.5G 3.3G, 6.7G, 1.0G; Use for measuring static and dynamic accelerations on NXT robots; Supported in NXT-G, NXC/NBC, RobotC; Digital Sensor with I2C interface ...more
Customer Reviews —
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Multi-Sensitivity Acceleration Sensor (ACCL-Nx-v3) is a 3 axis digital acceleration sensor designed for Lego mindstorms NXT. This sensor works at 4 different sensitivity levels of gravitiy. The sensitivity can be chosen in your program. This sensor can be used to measure static and dynamic acceleration in different axes. You can use this on your robot as tilt sensor or to track the velocity profile....more