XBee Handheld Controller
A project in Chicago, IL by Quantum Robotics000days
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A programmable, customizable, & hackable XBee controller. Control your most complicated of projects to your simplest.
Backers: 131
Average Pledge Per Backer: $184
Funded: $24,095 of $7,000
Dates: Jun 28th -> Jul 30th (33 days)
Project By: Quantum Robotics
Backers: 131
Average Pledge Per Backer: $184
Funded: $24,095 of $7,000
Dates: Jun 28th -> Jul 30th (33 days)
Project By: Quantum Robotics
$24,095
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 31 @ 00:01 -0400 GMT
344%
of goal
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Latest News
Shipping Update 
January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Backers I commented in the last update that I was around 50% kits shipped that was with the anticipation of the work I could get done over that weekend. I couldn't spend as much time working on the kits as I needed. Its more like 30% at this... (Read More)
Final Controller Pics and Info
January 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Backers, This a long overdue update. The controllers over the last 4 months have gone thru a ton of changes. We've really underestimated the amount of time and labor needed to go from idea to manufacturing to kitting. You guys were awesome... (Read More)
Shipping Update
December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Kickstarters, We posted in our last update a ship date of the 19th of last month. We really tried to hit that date we were behind and then the Thanksgiving weekend came up and some of us had family obligations which kept us away from the shop... (Read More)
Case Update, Manufacturing Pics, & Our Shipping Date.
November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Kickstarters, An update regarding the cases. We have switched companies that will be brushing and anodizing our case plates. The other company just fell thru and at this point I saw no other option then to get our parts back and move on to a... (Read More)
Wrapping up production and shipping update.
October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Kickstarters, We are wrapping up production. We are about 90% done. We are waiting on the cases which are at the anodizers. We sent these out later than we wanted because of a mistake we made on the circuit boards. That has been corrected... (Read More)
Production & Shipping Update.
September 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Kickstarters, Its been awhile since our last update. We apologize for not keeping you better informed. We have run into a couple of issues. All of them related to component problems/shipping delays. The last few weeks I've been calling, emailing,... (Read More)
Just a quick update.
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Kickstarters, Just posting our current progress. We have the aluminum and delrin material coming to the shop on Tuesday. Almost 200lbs of aluminum flat stock straight from the mill. Ordered most of the parts needed for the controllers. We have... (Read More)
Moving on to production.
July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Kickstarters, The project wrapped up last night and now we move on to the next phase, manufacturing & kit building. We will provide regular updates as we go thru different stages of production even a couple of short videos. Some recent... (Read More)
New antenna clip + shipping questions answer.
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Kickstarter backers, The project has a little less than 24 hours left and its been a huge success. We expected to hit our goal within the 32 days our project ran. We didn't expect that we would hit 300%+. Which is awesome. Our schedule... (Read More)
We made our Goal!
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you Kickstarters for helping us get to this point. Our project was posted on Hack a Day and since then it has just taken off. I posted a new video on our Youtube channel showing an improvement in response time from the servos. The issue was... (Read More)
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