How to Build a Simple Robot Beetle Robot Posted on January 6th, 2006 in How To Make a Robot, Robots Do not

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The following article will show you how to build a simple robot, called The Beetle Robot, created by Jerome Demers. Its great for beginners and easy to do. This is the Beetle Robot v. 3 you are going to build:

Before starting, I suggest you to read the complete tutorials. This will greatly lower the chances of you making a mistake. Tools Needed: soldering iron ( heres a helpful tutorial on soldering ) electronic solder diagonal cutter Mini glue gun Components for the robot 2x small 1.5 Volts motors 2x small paperclips 2x big paperclips 2x batteries AAA or AA 1x battery holder AAA or AA 1x 2 cm of heat shrink 1x wooden pearl (for the caster) 1x meter of electric wire 2x Sub-mini lever SPDT switches Here are the serial numbers of the components and tools from RadioShack . Component Number soldering iron 64-2184 electronic solder 64-006 diagonal cutter 64-2951 1.5 Volts motor 273-223 battery holder 270-398 SPDT switch 275-016 Most of the components can be bought for much cheaper at Digi-Key, Jameco, or similar. At RobotShop you can find the dual AA battery holder and the small DC motor. You can find these components at any good electronic store. Here is all the parts for the construction the beetle robot.

1. Cut the electric wire in pieces of 6 cm each, 13 times.

Strip 1 cm at each end.

2. Regroup all the components.

3. Solder each wire to each components except the two batteries.

4. Take the battery holder and make a connection to the connection.

This will give a third connection.See picture below.

The blue wire is the third connections

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.

6. Glue the motor beside each switch so that the shaft touches the ground

7. Take the big paperclip and make the caster like the picture below.

You can make a nice looking caster or a normal one

I prefer the nice one

8. How to make the connection

9. Take the small paper clip and bend them to make antenna.

Glue them to the switches and dont put to much glue.

Add 1 cm of heat shrink to the shaft of each motor.

10. Add the batteries in the battery holder and put it on a flat surface to see your creation take life. Congratulation!

There is a comprehensive debugging tutorial on Jeromes site, in French. A Google translation is here. For further information on learning how to make a robot, please visit the RobotShop Learning Center. Visit the RobotShop Community Forum in order to seek assistance in building robots, showcase your projects or simply hang-out with other fellow roboticists. Share this:

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