BattleBot Links
Detroit Area Robotics Club websites:

F5 Dan Bovinich
Doom Crew Terry Wynn
Crash Test
Robert Doerr
RobotWorkShop.com Robert Doerr
RobotsWanted.com Robert Doerr
DaCraw Angie Sargent

Detroit Bug Battles 2003
Robot Specialty Supplies

Robot Power This site has the u-build-it motor control.
RobotBooks  MagMotor is on this site, plus other robot toy kits, books, etc.
Vantech  Powerful motor controllers.
National Power Chair  Wheel chair DC motors.
Team Delta  &  Team Delta Products  Bosch motor, capacitors, noodle wire, small relays, etc.
Innovation First  Motor controllers, very popular in BattleBots.
Banebots

Antweight Robot motors

Raw Materials

Industrial Metal Supply (Use the San Diego branch)  Excellent prices for steel tubing. They will cut to length.
Metal Mart  Metal tubing, bars, round stock, angles etc.
Metals Depot  Metal tubing, bars, round stock, angles etc.
Superior Die  Fortal aluminum from the exclusive source in USA.
Aircraft Spruce Aluminum  Aircraft aluminum supplies and other stuff.
OnLine Metals  Really good metal supply house. Small quantity OK, fast shipping, good prices.
Titanium Joe  Titanium supplies
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Wicks Aircraft Supplies
Low Cost Metals

ASAP Source Tubing, 4130, aluminum, etc. Ann Arbor

Mechanical Components

Comet  Variable speed mechanical centrifugal clutches.
W.M. Berg  Small parts, gears, bearings, chains, etc.
Stock Drive Products  Small parts, gears, bearings, chains, etc. Similar to W.M.Berg.
Servo Link  Chains, sprockets, calculators, etc.
Specialty Fasteners  Race car strong nut, bolts & other fasteners.
Mettec Titanium Fasteners  Aircraft titanium fasteners. Limited sizes.
Motion Industries  Bearing supply house.
Northern Tool  Go cart supplies, IC motors, etc.

Electronic Supplies & Components

Astro Flight Motors Get your Cobalt motors here.
Tower Hobbies  Remote control hobbie stuff. Radios, servos, etc.
L.E.M.C.O.  These are the motors in Vladiator. Lynch Motor from England. Best power-to-weight ratio for DC motors.
4QD  The most powerful motor controllers. Excellent site to learn how motor controllers work.
MAHA Batteries  
TNR Technical  Batteries. Ask for Wayne Thaw. His prices are much lower than advertized on this site.
Hill Top Battery Packs
Batteries
Futaba  Great radios for BattleBots.

Ameriquip DC Motors Very powerful DC motors.

Industrial Supplies

MSC Industrial Supply  Purchase machinist supplies, tools and other industrial stuff.
Mc-Master Carr  Purchase mechanical components. The world's largest hardware store.
Grainger's  Larger mechanicals things, industrial supplies.
CalAero  Machinist supplies, measuring equipment/tools.
Bosch Power Tools

Surplus Stuff

C & H Sales  Electronics Surplus.
Ford Electronics  Electronic Industral Surplus items.
MECI  Mechanical and electronis surplus stuff.

Electronic Goldmine
Surplus Center (Burdens)
Surplus Traders.net

Individual BattleBot Sites

Cool Robots  Nightmare, Backlash, tips, etc.... cool site.
F5 Dan Bovinich's site for MW Spinner F5.
Inferno Labs  Interesting stuff.

BattleBots, Info.

BattleBots.com Official BattleBot site.
Delphi Log-in  BattleBots newsgroups.
RobotCombat  BattleBot database, pictures of all BattleBots.
BattleBot Names Database
Quantum Robotics Links  Good links to other robotics/supplies etc.
NextCell Battery Specs  Battery sizes, weight, output, etc.
MatWeb Database  Your source for materials information.

"How To"

BioHazard Tips  Get tips on how to build BattleBots from a heavy weight champ.
Guide to Building Robots  A super site for materials, electronics, etc. A MUST look at site!
Belt center-to-center Distance Calculator