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Crawling Animatronic Hand
Animatronic disembodied hand that crawls along the floor
by Dano Wall
This animatronic hand crawls creepily along the floor until it finds a cool, dark place to hide. The hand is operated with one high torque servo motor mounted in the wrist, and controlled with a Circuit Playground Express programmed in MakeCode.
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CRICKIT WobblyBot
A small CRICKIT based hopping robot you can build 3 ways
by Dave Astels
Use a robot body and the CRICKIT robotics platform. Then customize by adding some brains to it in 3 different ways: choosing from 3 different sets of hardware and three different programming languages.
Infrared Hand Gesture Robot Control Glove
Control a Circuit Playground Express based robot with your hand motions and another Circuit Playground Express.
by Dave Astels
What could be cooler that controlling a robot using just hand positions? This project shows how to do just that using the IR capabilities of the Circuit Playground Express: one on a glove and one controlling a robot. It's almost like using The Force.
CRICKIT Snake Bot
A CRICKIT based robot snake that can make it's way around a space.
by Dave Astels
Use a CRICKIT robotics board to build a robot that can maneuver around a space by interacting with its environment.
AdaBox 008
Explore and use the contents of your AdaBox 008
by John Park
Sometimes we wonder if robotics engineers ever watch movies. If they did, they'd know that making robots into slaves always ends up in a robot rebellion. Why even go down that path? Here at Adafruit we believe in making robots our friends! This ADABOX is based around CRICKIT a Creative Robotics and Interactive Creations tool KIT. When paired with motors, servos, a Circuit Playground Express and your own creativity, you'll be able to craft your very own Robot Friend!
Cardboard Fundamentals
Learn to build mechanisms, structures, and more with cardboard!
by John Park
A fundamental guide for creating things with corrugated fiberboard and paperboard, scavenged from cardboard shipping boxes, tubes, and other packaging. You'll learn to cut, crease, score, bend, and fold cardboard to meet your design goals. We'll cover gluing, taping, and mechanically fastening cardboard edges, faces, and joints for building an array of essential designs.
Automation with Crickit and Capsela
Use vintage toys as modern fun with Crickit!
by Mike Barela
Capsela was a staple of childhood creativity in the mid-80's-90's. Motorized, you could build many things. Capsela and other toys can take on new lives by controlling their classic motors with modern, inexpensive robotics controllers such as Adafruit Crickit.
Crickit Controlled Animatronic Eyeball
Build a robot eye that looks in any direction!
by John Park
Using two servos, the Crickit robotics platform, Circuit Playground Express, with cardboard and a ping pong ball, you can build an interactive all-seeing eye!
Crickit Carnival Bumper Bot
Make a bumper car that navigates by sense of touch. When it hits an object, it backs up, turns, and drives on!
by John Park
Crickit and Circuit Playground Express control and drive this cardboard chassis, tail-dragger robot car. The accelerometer built into the CPX senses bumps, and the MakeCode program you'll create tells it to react and drive around things!
Crickit Collapsible House with MakeCode
Huff and Puff and Blow this House Down!
by Dano Wall
An animated house that can be blown over, only to pop right back up. Different setting allow the user to adjust how hard you have to blow to knock the house down. Great prop for re-telling the tale of the three little pigs, and a good introduction to programming in MakeCode.
Cam Follower Automaton
You can make this fun automaton that jumps up and down with cardboard, Crickit, Circuit Playground Express, and MakeCode!
by John Park
Cams and followers are fundamental mechanisms to convert rotation to linear motion with interesting patterns. Different cam shapes produce different results!
Stumble-Bot
A simple walking robot that teaches basic programming skills
by Dano Wall
This robot can be made out of any wide, flat cardboard box. It uses household materials, two servo motors, 3 AA batteries, and CRICKIT for Circuit Playground Express to control its stumbling gait.
Tightrope Unicycle Bot
Step right up and build a robot that rides a unicycle on a tightrope!
by John Park
Crickit and Circuit Playground Express drive a motor that rides the line! With a cardboard chassis designed to keep the pulley wheel right over the center of gravity, your circus robot will soar overhead with ease.
Controlling a Classic Nintendo R.O.B. Robot Using Circuit Playground Express
Forget finding an old CRT, R.O.B. the Robot can be controlled by you!
by Mike Barela
Nintendo released the R.O.B with the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) back in 1985. Only two games ever used R.O.B.s capabilities and Nintendo shipped later units without R.O.B. Dust off your R.O.B. and control him with wirelessly with a simple CircuitPython program.
Animatronic Hand
Build a cardboard animatronic hand with independent finger control using CRICKIT robotics controller board!
by John Park
Use the CRICKIT board with your Circuit Playground Express to control a cardboard animatroinc hand. Four servo motors pull the fingers into position using cable drive systems made from cord and straw guides. Program it all with CircuitPython to actuate as you press the capacitive touch controllers. You'll also learn to use the CRICKIT as an audio-animatronic controller with pre-programmed sounds and motions, such as counting in binary!
Makey Paper Craft
Make a waving Makey for your Maker Faire booth!
by Ruiz Brothers
Use a Circuit Playground Express and Servo to create a Waving Makey robot friend for your Maker Fair Booth!
Introducing Adafruit Crickit #MakeRobotFriend
Make your robot pal who's fun to be with using Crickit!
by lady ada
Sometimes we wonder if robotics engineers ever watch movies. If they did, they'd know that making robots into slaves always ends up in a robot rebellion. Why even go down that path? Here at Adafruit we believe in making robots our friends!
Drone Claw
Build a flying claw with Circuit Playground and Makecode!
by Ruiz Brothers
Use a light pipe to control a 3d printed claw with a Circuit Playground Express!
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Motorized Turntable
"You spin me right round..."
by Liz Clark
Use 3D printing, a servo motor & CircuitPython to create a photography turntable. Spinning your subject will give your photos and videos extra flair.
Double-sided PCB Milling
Custom two-sided PCBs
by Ruiz Brothers
Learn how to use the Bantam Tools desktop CNC to make custom PCBs
Slider Crank Mechanism -- from Cardboard and Craft Sticks
Build a simple slider crank driven mechanism controlled with Circuit Playground Express
by John Park
Use cardboard to build a slider crank linkage mechanism powered by a servo motor to control a slider crank mechanism. Program the Circuit Playground Express using MakeCode to control the motion and use it to build your own machines or animatronics.
Labo RC Car Action Lights
Customize your Nintendo Labo RC Car with vibration-triggered underglow
by C. Cunningham
Use Circuit Playground Express to trick out your Labo RC Car with with some sweet motion-activated lighting.
Using Servos With CircuitPython and Arduino
How to use servo motors with CircuitPython and Arduino
by Tony DiCola
Learn how to connect a servo motor and control its movement with both CircuitPython and Arduino code.
Basic String Car Racer
A miniature race car is balanced precariously on a single pulley, speeding between two trees on a narrow zip line -- will your car win the race?
by Jan Goolsbey
The Basic String Car is a simple project that consists of a battery, motor, pulley, and a bit of fence wire. The initial design of the car was made from repurposed parts and materials found in Grandpa's basement workshop. This version uses some commercially-available parts, but could be hacked with parts gleaned from old CD players, for example. What modifications and improvements would you make?
Guardian Robot – Zelda BOTW
Now with micro servo and LEDs!
by Ruiz Brothers
3D Print a replica of a guardian robot from the video game, Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Unicorn Hat with Moving Ears
Really simple robotics and lights bring this mythical creature to life
by Erin St Blaine
Connect Circuit Playground to two mini servos and make unicorn ears that move! Control them with a mini joystick hidden in your pocket. Use Circuit Playground's onboard neopixels to add a glowing rainbow horn, and you're ready to ride out with the fairies.
My Mini Race Car
Bluetooth controlled, temperature sensing Formula E racer!
by John Park
Zooooom! Now you can build and drive your own Mini Race Car using the Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE microcontroller. Keep an eye on racetrack telemetry with the included HTU21D-F temperature & humidity sensor breakout board.
CurieBot: Arduino 101 Mini Robot Rover
The powerful, 32-bit, Bluetooth enabled, three-layer robot of the future!
by John Park
Build your own mini robot with the Arduino 101 board. This smart little 'bot contains a 32-bit Intel Curie module, Bluetooth LE capabilities, and a 6-axis accelerometer/gyro! Drive it with your phone, or turn over the controls to this capable robot's own decision making!!
AdaBox 002
Explore and use the contents of your AdaBox 002
by Tyler Cooper
With AdaBox 002, we are bringing you the fun and versatility of a small robot. Learn how to control your new robot friend with a phone and make it sing custom tunes. Learn how to make your new robot more intelligent and independent too!
Wizzy: A Needle Felted Cat
Create animatronic animals with attitude.
by Rick Winscot
Transform a handful of electronics into a fun, fuzzy, and fabulous needle felted animal.