General Support

Welcome to SuperDroid Robots Support Page! Get the help you need to build, update, or maintain your robot.

We design, develop, support, and sell robot parts, kits, platforms, and custom solutions. This is a general support page to help introduce you to our company, our capabilities, resources, and much more. Please follow the links on the right to familiarize yourself with our site. If you need help with anything please contact us through our contact page, live chat, email, or give us a call.

About SDR

SuperDroid Robots lives and breathes robotics. We are not a new startup company! We have been in the business of selling robots and related parts since 2000. Follow the links below to find out whats new, meet the staff, and visit our most popular pages.

We also stock over 1500 products on our online store too, and our inventory is ever-growing. Since our inception, many companies have come and gone; we have seen major events including terrorism attacks, economic downfalls, etc. and have always prevailed with great products, engineering, and customer support. Let us know what you think!

• History and Company Information
• Robot Blog
• Battlebots
• Educational Robots
• Tactical Robots
• Custom Robot Solutions

SDR Capabilities

We do virtually everything under one roof in our 10,000 sq. ft. facility with all our own machinery including CNC High Definition Plasma cutter, CNC Router Tables, CHC Mills, Lathes, brake presses, etc. This leads to rapid prototyping. The same engineer that designs your custom robot will see it all the way through including fabrication, assembly, testing, etc.

• Custom Robotics
• CNC Services: Plasma Cutting, Milling, Routering, 3D Printing
• Electronics Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Autonomous Robots
• Security and Patrol Robots

How to Build a Robot

Building your robot is a fun and exciting experience. Sometimes though, it can be a little frustrating when you are not sure about a certain aspect of the build. This is a step by step guide to getting your robot up and running. We will go over some robot basics, help you with your part selection, and give you some assembly advice.

• How to Build a Robot: DIY Getting Started and General Support
• Robot Speed Calculator
• Motor and Wheel Mounting Methods
• How to Size, Cut, and Install Roller Chain Tutorial Video
• An instructional video on how to splice tracks
• How to Build a Simple 2WD Robot
• How to Build a Standard IG32 RC 4WD Robot - Videos
• How to Build a Compact 4WD ATR with 32mm Motors
• How to Build a Heavy Duty 4WD ATR with Chain Drive
• How to Build an Inspection Robot

Programming and Autonomous Robots

What good is a robot without any brains? Here are links to our support pages and product categories related to microcontroller programming.

• Available Autonomous Robots
• Autonomous Robots Hub
• Custom Autonomous Robots
• Types of Autonomous Robots
• How to Order an Autonomous Robots
• Vision Based Robotics
• Autonomous WiFi Robot
• Electronic Control Units
• Sensor Support

Wheeled Robots

These robots are for serious robot enthusiasts. These robots can house a variety of wheels, motors, and frames. The different wheels will allow All Terrain travel. The motors can be regular size or super-sized for climbing over rocks. Most of the frames are heavy-duty laser-cut aluminum with predefined holes for OOPics, speed controllers, cameras, sensors, etc.

• ATR Wheeled Robot Overview
• DM (Direct Mount) Compact ATR Support
• SB (Single Bearing) ATR Support
• DB (Dual Bearing) Heavy Duty ATR Support
• Vectoring Robot Support
• Conventional Steering ATR Support

Treaded Robots

Treaded robots are much more likely to navigate obstacles especially where climbing is involved as the tread helps to hold the robot up while spanning gaps.

• HD2 Robot Support
• LT2 and LT2-F Robot Support
• MLT-JR Support

Electrical and Schematics

Motor Controllers take signals from a microprocessor or radio control receiver and convert it into a high current varying voltage.

• Electric Motor Hookup Support
• Electric Power Hookup Support
• Schematics
• Soldering Tips
• Crimping Wires

Servos, Motors, and Motor Controllers

Many robots can be driven by modified servos. To drive larger robots you need gear motors. Gearmotors can not be driven directly from a microcontroller like servos can, so you need motor speed controllers.

• RC and Servo Support
• Torque and Conversion Support
• Motor Controller Support
• Stepper Motor Controller Support
• Encoder Support
• Motor Wiring Support
• Modified Servo Support
• Robotis Dynamixel Servos

Wireless Systems

We carry systems to make your robot wireless. We have our own RF serial link, the Devantech RF Link, and a variety of RC controllers.

• Wireless Serial Support
• Network and WiFi Support
• Radio Control Support
• Tactical Robot Controller Support Page

Sensors

Sensors let the brains of the robot know what's going on in the outside world. Listed below are support pages for many of the sensors we carry.

• Sensor Support
• Encoder Support

Miscellaneous Support

• Arms Support
• Lifts and Masts
• RS232 to TTL Support