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By Pius Agius
@ October 31, 2010
It moves in any light, but the best movement is in direct sunlight.
Cost to build: 
$20
Time to build: 
8 hours
Weight: 
120 grams

 

Hello

This is Tipsy my robot that I made from parts I had around my workshop. His main drive motors and wheels are an old cassette player. The solar panel is new. As you see in the video he can move and a bit too fast near the end.

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By Pius Agius
@ Mon, 2010-11-01 10:57
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 I take the word autonomous as that someone is not in direct control of the robot. I agree the level of sophistication is not that high in that it can only move in one direction. Having more control and more degrees of freedom would make it more autonomous. That is my hope for SAM.

By Geir Andersen
@ Sun, 2010-10-31 21:53
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But you have put it down as autonomous? is there any steering involved at all? 

By Kelpy
@ Sun, 2010-10-31 19:21
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When I think of all the stuff I've binned over the years, that I now realise I could use, I could cry.

By kiyo
@ Sun, 2010-10-31 18:21
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way to go pius!

By Pius Agius
@ Sun, 2010-10-31 17:01
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Thanks ,I appreciate the quick response. I used the bare cassette deck, with the motor. Actually Tipsy, after a quick check was AOK. It took me a little longer to get over the scare of seeing him go down.

By rik
@ Sun, 2010-10-31 20:53
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... you can also fix!

By OddBot
@ Sun, 2010-10-31 13:10
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Many cassette player motors include a speed adjustment at the back. Perhaps you can adjust them to limit the top speed.

Well done on the re-use of parts.

By rik
@ Sun, 2010-10-31 12:40
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Thanks for sharing your bot. Self destructing bots are funny.