TurtleBot 2 Orders

As our penultimate bit of self promotion before forking the blog. We are expecting the first batch of TurtleBot 2s to ship soon. We strongly suggest placing an order in the next few days if you would like to be part of the first batch of robots to go out and save $100. Order now!

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The above photo may not explain why you want to buy this tool, but it is on sale!

Cyber savings

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Now that I think about it we don't need any fancy animated GIFs and we can pass along the money we save on pixels to you. Today only, save on something like this.

Cyber monday begins

It is now CYBERMONDAY!

We are still looking for our terrible animated gifs, but in the mean time here is something to buy. Remember buying things is a great way to spend money.

International Robotics

Blogging has been non-existant recently as our software/blogging team has been in Seoul, South Korea working on the TurtleBot 2.

This week we will be meeting with robots and testing the TurtleBot 2 in Japan and tomorrow we will be presenting the TurtleBot 2 at the Tokyo HackerSpace.

2012年11月20日に東京ハッカースペースでROSとturtlebot2デモ。
日本でデモが欲しい？ 電子メールのsales@iheartengineeringをしてください。

As we have learned a few things about packing electronics for travel, we were not very concerned about clearing customs until we saw the customs declaration form and realized this was our first time travelling to Japan on business and we had no idea how to declare our robot.

While we are not international trade lawyers, here is how we understand it;

Commercial samples need an invoice for the sample if you are leaving the sample with a customer.

Commercial equipment used for demonstrations and exhibitions that will be re-exported within 1 year will need an ATA Carnet (カルネ). More information on ATA Carnet usage in Japan is available here.

Hopefully this helps another international robotics entrepreneur make it through customs.