{"id":41,"date":"2014-06-24T10:54:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robotsummer.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2014-06-24T10:54:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T17:54:14","slug":"the-first-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robotsummer.com\/the-first-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The first project, our take on the bristlebot"},"content":{"rendered":"
So, the first thing we decided to try was a simple project to make bristlebots from toothbrush heads like this from EvilMadScientist.com<\/a>.\u00a0 It's simple, doesn't require a bunch of materials, and is pretty quick to do. It got a little more complicated than that, but not too much, really.<\/p>\n Instead of using a toothbrush head we decided to experiment with popsicle sticks and toothpicks to make the bodies and legs. This allowed us to have a lot of fun building several different body and leg designs. Some were better than others. Besides. we could only find one spare toothbrush in the house and had a whole bunch of the other stuff. The other thing we decided to do was make the motor piece separate so we could reuse it. We mounted the motor, battery, and switch onto a small piece of balsa wood and attached it to the body with a small screw. It worked fine for us, but two screws might have been better.<\/p>\n I liked being able to make my own robot body in any shape I wanted and use the motor over and over. – Alex<\/p><\/blockquote>\n