Let's Make Robots!

Whiskers

Same as a real roach - runs around and annoys people
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My first robot - "roachbot". Simple and stupid. Bumps into things, backs up, turns around. Cardboard body, Arduino brain, differential drive wheels, whisker … Read more
Roams around until it runs into something. Then it gets scared and tried to blend in.
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I was hoping to finish this robot in time for the Mr Basic DAGU II competition, but I doubt I will have it done in the next 24 hours. Here is what I have so far! Read more

RAT

Roaming arond making grumpy sounds
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Finally RAT is finished. A rainy summer day the last of the programming was completed. The chassis is a piece of sewage pipe (previously unused), the weels are the … Read more
Walks, avoids obstacles
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This was the first robot I ever built.  Its based on the design in the book Insectronics by Karl Williams.  The body is made from aluminium and it uses 3 servos … Read more
As this is make a recycled robot week, I have decided to put together a little object avoiding robot using a few bits ripped out of an old miniature line following … Read more