Beetle robot project by mvs

Last crawled date: 2 years, 12 months ago

This is a beetle robot to make for a school project on technique/electronics and/or 3D printing
Objective: Learn technology, physics and electronics
Audience: Age 11-16
Preparation: Soldering
Materials:

2 motors 1.5 Volt


2 micro switch (NO, NC + null contact)


2 standard wires to act as antenna


2 AA batteries


2 LED lights, 2 resistors (220 ohm) (optional)


1 master switch (optional)


The full electric drawing is provided as on of the JPG images here directly

Results: A running beetle which will change direction when the antenna senses an obstruction.
Example walking beetle robot movies:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBRWo6pHpaEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcTu6T5hslk