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Intermediate
Project guide
Overview
This project guides you through building a robot that can wander around your floor. This riffs on John Park's Crickit Carnival Bumper Bot. The difference is that the project progresses through several levels, starting with a very basic bot and adding capabilities.
Parts
Basic Design
You won't need the battery holders if you decide at the end to use a LiPo battery.
Circuit Playground Express is the next step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming....
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Sometimes we wonder if robotics engineers ever watch movies. If they did, they'd know that making robots into servants...
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Perhaps you've been assembling a new robot friend, adding a computer for a brain and other fun personality touches....
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Usually when one needs an orange wheel it's a garnish for a cocktail, like a tasty Sidecar. And speaking of...
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Here's another addition to our growing family of AA battery...
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Here's another addition to our growing family of AA battery...
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If you need to connect a battery pack or wired power supply to a board that has a DC jack - this adapter will come in very...
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This is an FCC/CE certified and UL listed power supply. Need a lot of 5V power? This switching supply gives a clean...
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Enter the world of cardboard construction and build playful robot friends! Instead of slapping on tape or...
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Micro-switches are often found in arcade buttons and joysticks but they're also really handy in any kind of mechatronics...
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These Female/Male Extension jumper wires are handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB's....
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Hey want to hear a really loud noise? Apply 3V to 5V to this buzzer module and you'll be rewarded with a loud 2KHz...
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Headers are like the duct tape of electronics. They're great for connecting things together, soldering to...
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A bigger, better power system
If you do this, you'll also need the power adapter and a F/M jumper wire listed above.
Need a massive battery for your project? This lithium-ion pack is made of 3 balanced 2200mAh cells for a total of 6600mA...
$24.50 each
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PowerBoost 1000C is the perfect power supply for your portable project! With a built-in load-sharing battery...
$19.95 each
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These nice switches are perfect for use with breadboard and perfboard projects. They have 0.1" spacing and snap in...
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Tools and Supplies
- Corrugated cardboard for chassis, bumpers, body pieces and wheels
- hot glue gun and glue rods
- craft knife for cutting cardboard
- double-sided tape
- 1 large binder clip to serve as a rear slide for the bit
- several binder clips to join body pieces together, twice the number of body segments you want
- thin bamboo skewers
- colored construction paper and a gluestick if you wish to give your snake bot a little more character
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