Introduction: The Funbot - Basic Motorised Extensible Robot

Howdy everyone.

Nowadays I'm going to show you how to build the FunBot - a fantastic easy motorised robot that can hang around, cast patterns, spin around and turn into a wheel-bot. It is extensible with parts, relays and tied micro-controllers just this little dish can be made in an afternoon operating room hour and runs of definitive objects.

You'll require:

Either a 9V Battery or 2xAA Batteries. It is unexceeded that the nine volt battery is in a snap and the AAs a holder but it doesn't issue.

Deuce small electric motors of whatsoever rpm and torque. They don't have to be the same - unexcelled not to be, really!

Optional - Breadboard or connector hub. You'll have the batteries +&- on contrasting rows and you'll sparking plug the +&- of the motors in the corresponding side.

A small sum of money of cardboard at least 1/10 inch thick (in other speech none that thick at all).

A sticky mention and pen, or just a pen.

In front we start, make predestinate all your components have two wires on them. If you are using 2 naked AAs then tape them in concert and wire them parallel.

Start!!!

Step 1: Step 1: the Free-base

For most applications it is practical to have a floor. This was originally meant to be a paradigm for Hoverboard. Cut out a uninfected piece 5" squared. In the centre, some opposite each other on the sides cut out 2 pocket-size holes for the motors. Make them big enough so that they will tightly fit in in that location.

Tape or glue on the stamp battery pile and breadboard, but pull up stakes the motors off.

Take out your sticky notes and write the FunBot logo along, or your own.

Step 2: Wiring

Stick your motors in the maw. Fasten if need represent with tape.

Take out your bread board or connexion device. You'll have to port it from breadboard if you privation to use something else.

At the take up of one row connect your battery's +.

At the start of another connect your barrage's -.

Now connect one wire from each motor to the addition rowing and one from each motor to the minus row.

You should have the ray of each motor touching the found now.

Abuse 3: Tricks

Now that you've well-stacked the FunBot, we'll set forth with the spinning round in circle trick.

Flick a change over (if your bearer doesn't possess one put one in the bread board circuit or antimonopoly tape the wires put together and overstretch apart as needed) and watch it spin round. If information technology doesn't, flux one or both of the motors slightly on an angle or push one slightly higher than the other.

The second 'fob' is to make it run into walls. Simply place information technology near a rampart and watch it break. Leaving it in that respect for a bit, still on mightiness make IT withdraw and continue connected its rampart-bumping escapade.

More tricks follow!!

Maltreat 4: Fun With a Piece of String.

Next Book of Job for your FunBot is a piece of strand. Place a firearm of string below the FunBot then switch it connected. Subsequently your motors start making a Weird noise turn it off. You should have a coil of string out on one surgery some of the motors shafts.

Hear this with some flexible wire. It will make a coil. Your robot can personify very helpful with your endeavours in radio coils!

Step 5: FunBot Cleaner

You saw how the FunBot picked up some draw. You tail use your FunBot as a cleaner!!!

1. Make two small wide theme cones.

2. Push them onto the motor shafts and make sure they won't come off.

3. Surface the inside of the cones with steamy, slow drying adhesive or Dingy Flip.

4. Formerly active, your Funbot will police the room and suck up any detritus. Whatsoever string will cop information technology, but other than that, don't use the bot in an environment with solids bigger than a 1x1 LEGO Brick.

NOTE: This doesn't actually suck it up - it traps it in there then the moving air pushes it onto the cone.

You will need to replace the cone after an half time of day of FunBot Cleaning.

Step 6: Bouncing Glob FunBot

You bequeath need 2 surgery 4 ping pong balls.

Stick the 2 balls to the causative shafts. Add an optional two at the front and vertebral column to allow full coverage.

Once the device is switched along it wish jitter around and bounce.

Use this mode on terrains where plain shafts will not work, such A wood/tile/linoleum/grass/ground.

Step 7: Extendabilities

You've successful your FunBot and crafted many helpful modes!

What if you changed the ground design? Added wheels? A wax crayon to mark the trail it went on? Microcontroller support?

Or you could expend a PIR with a relay to turn it on or off? Then if you were burgled your FunBot on wheels would sew towards them and knock them over with its metal measure-high gear bumper. And you could connect a buzzer to your relay.

A DPDT switch could control speed and you could add in a Bluetooth Module? I will present you how to do all these things in a series of later tutorials.

Till incoming time

Maker out!!

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