Robotic Plant Potter

For this project I decided to make a potted plant which can move around and be controlled via IR and an Arduino.

• Arduino Uno (or Arduino clone)
• Gearmotor x 2
• Large Lego wheel x 2
• Small Lego wheel x 2
• small breadboard (or very good soldering skills)
• L293D motor driver
• LOTS of wires
• 9 volt battery x 2
• Super glue
• IR receiver
• IR transmitter (remote)
• 3d printer (or small box like thing)

Here I have a schematic of the Arduino, the IR receiver, and the gear motors. Solder or otherwise attach everything together and leave some slack in the wires for the motors and IR sensor.

Here I have a copy of the code I used for this project, you simply need to upload it to the Arduino.

3D print the body and lid parts using the files attached, or create a similar mockup.

1. Glue the motors in the motor holes
2. Glue the small wheels on the back
3. Glue the big wheels to the motors
4. Fit everything into the main body

Find a plant and add it along with some dirt to the little bowl shape on the lid. I just used a plant from my backyard.

And with that, you're done. Have fun controlling it around.