Tom Atwood, over at Robot Magazine, has put a review of the Robotis Bioloid “edutainment” robot kit on their website. You can also find more information on Robotis’ website, though, be warned that it’s a Korean company and the “English” version is a bit confusing.
ROBOT Magazine recently took a clos
I had a chance to get a close look at the Bioloid kit and robots here in Tokyo, and talked to the staff from the Robotis home office. My general impression was quite positive, especially if you are a teacher or plan to use the kit for novice and intermediate robot classes. On the other hand, I think serious researchers, experimentors, and hackers will find it rather frustrating to modify and interface. I put together a post with more detail and a video of some of the Bioloid robots here - http://www.robots-dreams.com/2006/03/robotis_bioloid.html
