Tuesday 4 June 2013

How to Build a Simple Robot – Beetlebot

Tools Needed:

  • soldering iron 
  • electronic solder
  • diagonal cutter
  • Mini glue gun

Components for the robot

  • 2x – small  motors
  • 2x – small paperclips
  • 2x – big paperclips
  • 2x – batteries AAA or AA
  • 1x – AA battery holder or AAA battery holder
  • 1x – 2 cm of heat shrink
  • 1x – wooden pearl (for the caster)
  • 1x – meter of electric wire
  • 2x – Sub-mini lever SPDT switches
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1. Cut the electric wire in pieces of 6 cm each, 13 times.
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Strip 1 cm at each end.
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2. Regroup all the components.
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3. Solder each wire to each components except the two batteries.
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4. Take the battery holder and make a connection to the connection.
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This will give a third connection.See picture below.
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The blue wire is the third connections
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5. Turn the battery holder up side down so the batteries point to the ground. Glue the two switches on the battery holder in a V form.
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6. Glue the motor beside each switch so that the shaft touches the ground
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7. Take the big paperclip and make the caster like the picture below.
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You can make a nice looking caster or a normal one
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I prefer the nice one
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8. How to make the connection
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9. Take the small paper clip and bend them to make antenna.
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Glue them to the switches and don’t put to much glue.
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Add 1 cm of heat shrink to the shaft of each motor.
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10. Add the batteries in the battery holder and put it on a flat surface to see your creation take life. Congratulations!
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