BugBot
My son wanted to make a something for his school's science exibition. Since he is just 8, I wanted to a project that is age appropriate and where he could follow my instructions to assemble one
Out of many ideas, we decided to make a bugbot. Basic idea was it has a motor with unbalanced load, causing it to vibrate, The motor is resting on a wooden piece with 6 legs, giving it a bug / insect look
This is project can be assembled my kids under adult supervision
Video here
What Do We Need ?
Material
- Small piece of wood
- DC 3V motor
- AA Battery holder
- Small switch
- Small wires
- Double side tape
- GI wire or any hard metallic wire
Tools
- Soldering Iron
- Dremel/ small drill
Base and Legs
- Cut 3 pieces of 14cm long GI Wires
- Drill 6 holes on wooden piece (4CM x 9cm)
- Pass the wires as shown and bend them, so that appear like a insect legs
- Paint the body and legs with black or color of your choice
Electronics
- Motor : Connect one wire to AA battery holder and another to switch
- Switch : COnnect one wire to Motor and one to AA BAttery
Follow circuit diagram as shown
Play Time
FIx the motor, switch and battery holder using double side tape
Switch on to begin playing
Tips
- Based on the legs, the bot will move in circular or side or front or back
- Adjust the legs that all touch the ground
- The rear legs should be taller to make the bot move forward
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