Welcome to 1sorc News.

Whenever there is news worthy info concerning our products or robotics in general, you can find it here.

June 24th 2008, KicCrabs Official Release

The KicCrab is on schedule for it's official release in July! We are very pleased with all testing for this robot and are excited about it's release. Special thanks to everyone who took part in our pre-order sale, yours are the first to go out!

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May 1st 2008, All New Crab Walker

1SORC Technologies LLC will be releasing the Crab Walker Robot early July 2008. This will be our first product under the newly organized company and we're very excited about it. The Crab Walker, inspired by Steve Jones of Bug-N-Bots, is over 1 year in the making and is one of the most complete robots kits available today. It is USB programmed and charged, comes with an on-board LiPoly rechagable battery, USB to TTL converter, KicChip processor which uses Basic or Flow Chart programming, and is easily assembled using nothing more than super glue, nylon rivets and a few small screws. We are offering a great preorder special that guarantees one of the first prodution models and saves you $10, but this special ends June 15th, 2008 so order one now and save.

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Sept. 13th 2007, New website layout and new product

I'm very pleased to bring back a little larger selection of products to the 1SORC store. Every now and then I run across some great items that are hard to find or generally too expensive for most hobbyists. So when I'm able, I like to provide them at best possible price. I've found these great little servo style Gear Motors that are perfect for small robots and I'm able to offer them here at a great price. Enjoy!

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Feb. 9th 2007, New source for Sumo11 LCD panels

My original source for LCDs recently followed the growing trend to Backlit panels that not only draw more power, but look ugly and are more expensive. Not wanting to ruin the looks of the Sumo11, nor raise its cost, I set out on a quest to find a suitable replacement. At long last I can put the Expanded Sumo11 back online! I found a nice quality replacement that fits the price goal I intended for the Sumo11. This means that you can continue to enjoy the product at the same price it's been since the beginning.

Less noteworthy news, check out some of my robot creations in the Gallery.

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March 1st 2006, Back to our Roots.

As of late 2005 I took a position with Solarbotics Ltd. Because of this decision I can no longer keep up with sales of multiple products on this site nor the advertising involved in supporting a full site, so as you have seen, I've narrowed the inventory down to just what it takes to maintain support of the Sumo11 controller.
I plan to continue to support the Sumo11 indefinitely and will also continue selling the boards as long as there's interest. You can still find the manuals, software, and other support on this site. You'll also still be able to purchase the Sumo11 controller via Paypal or credit card.

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June 27th 2005, New Weekly Sale!

To thank our wonderful customers we have decided to begin a weekly sale on our website.
Every Monday a new item will go on sale at incredible savings, so check in often to see if the item you've been wanting is on sale.

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June 19th 2005, Sonar Sale!

There is no better time to get a Polaroid sonar than now, this is a limited time sale while supplies last.

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May 28th 2005, Web Site Overhaul!

We decided that the web site needed a few changes to better serve our customers, so
this is the result.
To kick off the new look we are offering Free Shipping on everything for a limited time.

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March 4th 2005, Official release of IC 5.09

Interactive C 5.09 is now shipping with all Sumo11 controllers. Special thanks to Kyle M. for all his hard work and dedication to botball.org and the Interactive C software.

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January 5th 2005, Beta versions of IC 5.0 are now being tested, there should be a public release sometime this month!! IC 5 offers more functionality and an awesome simulator. Eventually the source code will be released also so you hackers out there can customize your own GUI.

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December 23rd 2004, End of year sale. All Sumo11 products are 10% off.

Interactive C 5.0 is coming in 2005. This new release of IC will include the Sumo11 as
part of the install package, this means no more patch files! You will be able to get the latest version here at 1sorc as soon as it is officially released to the public, so keep checking back.

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August 3rd 2004, revision 2.1 expansion boards are in, and just in time for use with the latest release of Interactive C that should be available at the end of summer. IC 5.0 will include the Sumo11 as part of the install program and there will be no more need for Sumo11 patch files.
All known problems with the expansion board have been fixed with rev. 2.1.

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July 1st through the 31st we will be offering a special 5% savings on all Sumo11 controllers to celebrate our American heritage.

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April 15th 2004, The revision 2.1 Main boards are in stock. These boards have a minor fix that addresses the power glitch problem when using the GM3 gearmotors from Solarbotics.

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March 15th 2004 1SORC Mini Sumo Chassis are available.

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February 26th 2004 Southern Oregon Robotics unveils its new General Purpose Robot platform the GPR-04.

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February 19th 2004 we added Sharp Ranging sensors and Ultrasonic Sonar sensors to the site under Sensors, and look under Miscellaneous for the new Servo-Mount Wheels.

Coming soon:
*The ultimate in general purpose robot chassis!
*Revision 2.1 of the Sumo11 boards.
*Revised CMUcam-1.
*Sumo11 Accessories and a lot more sensors!

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On December 1st 2003 we opened 1sorc to the public. You might ask "Why another robot store?" Well, it all boils down to the creation of the Sumo11 robot controller board. There has been a lot of interest in the board and it's been difficult in the past to contact me to place an order, so rather than distribute them through a middle man and have the price go up, we thought it would be better to open a web store and sell direct to ensure that you get the best deal possible.
The Sumo11 was created to get a good controller into the hands of those who could not afford one otherwise. My family and I are not in this to make a living and we have very little overhead, so what that means to you is you get our products at rock bottom prices.
It doesn't make much sense to have an entire site for just one item and it also doesn't make sense to sell the same products everyone else is selling, so what we plan to do is offer our own products and the peripherals that go with them. Most of what you'll see here will be things you can't get elsewhere.
We plan to cater to the Botball organization and provide quality products for their needs. Schools and groups qualify for small discounts, but must order via email to get the savings.
We hope you enjoy the site and appreciate the savings.
Happy Shopping!
The 1sorc team.