Mini project
A.C. fishing
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I just finished making a very small bot. To give you an idea, its chassis is two parallax solderless hot- glued together. It doesn't use a BS2, but all of its parts are From Parallax, except for the motors and wheels. It has three wheels like the boe-bot.
It is just a neat thing to make if you have an hour or two and some hot glue. It only costs about 18$ to make one(much less if you use a radio shack battery pack).·It has the two Boe-Bot whiskers.
It travels straight forward, and when you press the left whisker it turns left, and the right whisker, it turns right. Hit both whiskers, and it stops. It is very fun to make a small slanted dome, put in two, and see what happens. Because the battery pack is so big, it looks like a moving battery pack.
Parts List:
Hot glue
Two Parallax Solderless Circuit boards
Parallax·jumper wires
Two Boe·Bot whiskers
two bare wires
Parallax battery pack
two large DC motors from Radio Shack (gold)
two small bottle caps for wheels
one medium bottle cap for back wheel.
two cylinders that is used with the whiskers, and·two SMALL screws that fit the cylinders
three addionnal cylinders
Intructions[noparse]:([/noparse]Check the schematic for detail)
Hot glue the two SC boards together(not so it makes one very long board, and so the board gets wider)
Wrap masking tape around each bottle cap
Hot glue the motor dowels to the bottle caps
hot glue the motors on the bottom.
hot glue the medium bottle cap on the back of the bot
at this point, the bot should be able to stand on it's three wheels
Technically, the back "wheel" isn't a wheel, because it doesn't spin, and it just holds up the bot
take the three additional cylinders, and mount them in a triangle, CLOSE TO THE BACK PART OF THE BOT! we don't want your bot falling forward
hot glue the cylinders.
Chop the connector off your battery pack, and mount the battery pack on the cylinders.
·Mount the whiskers and cylinders on the front of the bot.
Use the schematic below for the wiring.
-ACfishing
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It is just a neat thing to make if you have an hour or two and some hot glue. It only costs about 18$ to make one(much less if you use a radio shack battery pack).·It has the two Boe-Bot whiskers.
It travels straight forward, and when you press the left whisker it turns left, and the right whisker, it turns right. Hit both whiskers, and it stops. It is very fun to make a small slanted dome, put in two, and see what happens. Because the battery pack is so big, it looks like a moving battery pack.
Parts List:
Hot glue
Two Parallax Solderless Circuit boards
Parallax·jumper wires
Two Boe·Bot whiskers
two bare wires
Parallax battery pack
two large DC motors from Radio Shack (gold)
two small bottle caps for wheels
one medium bottle cap for back wheel.
two cylinders that is used with the whiskers, and·two SMALL screws that fit the cylinders
three addionnal cylinders
Intructions[noparse]:([/noparse]Check the schematic for detail)
Hot glue the two SC boards together(not so it makes one very long board, and so the board gets wider)
Wrap masking tape around each bottle cap
Hot glue the motor dowels to the bottle caps
hot glue the motors on the bottom.
hot glue the medium bottle cap on the back of the bot
at this point, the bot should be able to stand on it's three wheels
Technically, the back "wheel" isn't a wheel, because it doesn't spin, and it just holds up the bot
take the three additional cylinders, and mount them in a triangle, CLOSE TO THE BACK PART OF THE BOT! we don't want your bot falling forward
hot glue the cylinders.
Chop the connector off your battery pack, and mount the battery pack on the cylinders.
·Mount the whiskers and cylinders on the front of the bot.
Use the schematic below for the wiring.
-ACfishing
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·Somebody said...
-Never Underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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