How to Build a Simple Robot – Beetle Robot

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The following article will show you how to build a simple robot, called “The Beetle Robot”, created by Jerome Demers. It’s great for beginners and is easy to do. Before starting, I suggest you to read the complete tutorial below. This will greatly lower the chances of you making a mistake. This is the Beetle Robot v. 3 you are going to build:

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Tools Needed:

Components for the robot

Here are the serial numbers of the components and tools from RadioShack .

Component Number
soldering iron 64-2184
electronic solder 64-006
diagonal cutter 64-2951
1.5 Volts motor 273-223
battery holder 270-398
SPDT switch 275-016

Most of the components can be bought for much cheaper at Digi-Key, Jameco, or similar. At RobotShop, you can find the dual AA battery holder and the small DC motor. You can also find these components at any good electronic component store. Here are all the parts needed for the construction the beetle robot:

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1. Cut the electric wire in pieces of 6 cm each, 13 times.

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Strip 1 cm at each end.

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2. Regroup all the components.

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3. Solder each wire to each components except the two batteries.

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4. Take the battery holder and make a connection to the connection.

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This will give a third connection.See picture below.

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The blue wire is the third connections

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5. Turn the battery holder up side down so the batteries point to the ground. Glue the two switches on the battery holder in a V form.

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6. Glue the motor beside each switch so that the shaft touches the ground

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7. Take the big paperclip and make the caster like the picture below.

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You can make a nice looking caster or a normal one

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I prefer the nice one

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8. How to make the connection
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9. Take the small paper clip and bend them to make antenna.

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Glue them to the switches and don’t put to much glue.

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Add 1 cm of heat shrink to the shaft of each motor.

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10. Add the batteries in the battery holder and put it on a flat surface to see your creation take life. Congratulations!

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There is a comprehensive debugging tutorial on Jerome’s site, in French. A Google translation is here.

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350 Responses to “How to Build a Simple Robot – Beetle Robot”

  1. Gargantua

    Hi my name is Alan, im 15 years old and im from mexico i do the robot and was a succses than you very much bye.

  2. student 1

    the directions change in the middle of step 8
    originally i needed 13 wires step 8 only showed 6

  3. Sam

    Lots of fun, but my Tech Ed teacher was the one who made me do it….. :cry

  4. unknown

    holy cow this was hard to make the connections confused me so much

  5. ESSA

    it was a little bit hard bacause of the solderen parts but anyhow i find it cool thanks alot :)

  7. rajasegar

    :grin IT is cool

    ilike this type of simple modals

  8. DEMON

    YOU DIDN”T LIST ALL OF THE MATERIALS NEEDED YOU FORGOT A SOLDER AND A GLUE GUN!!!

  9. Chelsea

    I was wondering if you made a shell for your bug robot

  11. sunehra

    [B]I got it right n it was really nice to see it.[/B] :)

  15. Jeremy

    Isnt this an hbridge, just of course, very basic? I like using a tutebot.. If you added capcitors and a variable resistor you will be able to make it turn around..

  17. Jerome Demers

    hello,

    yes you could say it look like the a h-bridge. The same principal.

    If you want to add wheels, you need some motors with a gearbox on it. These motors use on the beetle robot spin to fast and a to weak to but a wheel on it. Use the Solarbotics.com motors GM8/9 or GM2/3 to make a robot using wheels. Solarbotics have a the combo deal, motor + wheels at a great price.

  18. crysthian

    what is the middle wire. becuse i made one and it does not use the middle wires.

  23. Chelsea

    I was wondering if you made a shell for your bug robot

  24. DEMON

    YOU DIDN”T LIST ALL OF THE MATERIALS NEEDED YOU FORGOT A SOLDER AND A GLUE GUN!!!

  27. ESSA

    it was a little bit hard bacause of the solderen parts but anyhow i find it cool thanks alot :)

  28. unknown

    holy cow this was hard to make the connections confused me so much

  29. Sam

    Lots of fun, but my Tech Ed teacher was the one who made me do it….. :cry

  30. student 1

    the directions change in the middle of step 8
    originally i needed 13 wires step 8 only showed 6

  31. Gargantua

    Hi my name is Alan, im 15 years old and im from mexico i do the robot and was a succses than you very much bye.

  32. pepper

    :) I haven’t made this robot yet but it looks cool and fun to make. I will start making it this weekend, Thanks.

  33. OLIVIA WILLIAMS

    i wanted to know where you got your beetle cover from?

  34. shadow

    In one of the previous posts it said what was needed to make it turn around, but could you write something to show how? Thanks so much!

  35. michelle

    just wondering how it moves.. i understand the battery but then what moves exactly?

  37. Agop

    Sorry but I have a little problem with the beetle bot . My SPDT switches are too hard and the beetle can’t activate them . can someone help me ?

  38. nicola

    :zzz the robot is soooo cool! the idea of the motors just moving alon the ground is genius!! i just wanted to tel you that i added small green LED’s fr eyes, gave it a shell and made it so it can also go backward if both antenna are pushed. i love that the robot is so easy coz i can add so much extra to it and im only twelve!! :grin

  39. hassan

    ahh .. yeah about this bettle of your’s i won’t call it a robot, because A robot is an electronic thing :) that can think on it’s own. but this can’t think on it’s own.. No offence. nice bettle though 8)

  40. jyoti

    hi i saw it for the first time…
    i’ll start making it…
    hope it’s fun.if i make it this will b my first robot

  43. Ivan

    I don’t know why but the energy for the motors goes only to the right and the other spins slow . Because of that the robot turns around in a circle .

    Ps. sorry for the bad English .

  44. Chee Beng

    Thanks for the instructions to make the robot. I build one and it is fun to see it move about. I intend to build another one using a toy car.

  46. Joshua Sinkfield

    Thanks for posting the article for building the beetle bot. I always wanted to build a robot and this could be it. Later I could go on to robots with microchips for their own brains. But for now thanks for the small amateurical tutorial.

  47. amresh

    cool…i need this stuff 2 start with…definitely goin to try it….if any one have a good project pls send me. i m 3rd year b.tech student….want to build a robot for my project….my id is….
    deamresh@yahoo.co.in

  48. pepper

    :) I haven’t made this robot yet but it looks cool and fun to make. I will start making it this weekend, Thanks.

  49. OLIVIA WILLIAMS

    i wanted to know where you got your beetle cover from?

  50. shadow

    In one of the previous posts it said what was needed to make it turn around, but could you write something to show how? Thanks so much!

  51. michelle

    just wondering how it moves.. i understand the battery but then what moves exactly?

  53. Agop

    Sorry but I have a little problem with the beetle bot . My SPDT switches are too hard and the beetle can’t activate them . can someone help me ?

  54. nicola

    :zzz the robot is soooo cool! the idea of the motors just moving alon the ground is genius!! i just wanted to tel you that i added small green LED’s fr eyes, gave it a shell and made it so it can also go backward if both antenna are pushed. i love that the robot is so easy coz i can add so much extra to it and im only twelve!! :grin

  55. hassan

    ahh .. yeah about this bettle of your’s i won’t call it a robot, because A robot is an electronic thing :) that can think on it’s own. but this can’t think on it’s own.. No offence. nice bettle though 8)

  56. jyoti

    hi i saw it for the first time…
    i’ll start making it…
    hope it’s fun.if i make it this will b my first robot

  58. rakesh

    what r the funtions that this beetle robot can do ?

  59. Ivan

    I don’t know why but the energy for the motors goes only to the right and the other spins slow . Because of that the robot turns around in a circle .

    Ps. sorry for the bad English .

  60. Chee Beng

    Thanks for the instructions to make the robot. I build one and it is fun to see it move about. I intend to build another one using a toy car.

  62. Joshua Sinkfield

    Thanks for posting the article for building the beetle bot. I always wanted to build a robot and this could be it. Later I could go on to robots with microchips for their own brains. But for now thanks for the small amateurical tutorial.

  63. amresh

    cool…i need this stuff 2 start with…definitely goin to try it….if any one have a good project pls send me. i m 3rd year b.tech student….want to build a robot for my project….my id is….
    deamresh@yahoo.co.in

  64. S.A.ABDUR RAZICK

    THANKS FOR PUBLISHING YOUR ARTICLE ON BEETLE BOT SIR….MY AIM IS TO UILD A ROBOT…NOW I GOT A NEW IDEA FROM UR ARTICLE THANKYOU SO MUCH…

  65. timmy07

    thats alot! I built mine for a project and it actually works! one thing though, when both batteries are in the switches dont do anything, can you help, me figure out why? :?

  66. sandeep chatterjee

    It was really a cool and handy robot, especially for a begineer. Such simple designs are fantastic.

  67. Michael

    I’ve been toying with the idea of using “Hex bugs” as a cheap platform for a robotics summer course. I am going to build a beetle bug instead. I think I’ve got the cost down to $22 for a beetle bot + microcontroller and all necessary to follow a line. Thanks for the great tutorial!

  68. ingrid

    I MADE IT! I ACTUALLY MADE IT!! USING MY OWN PINK MANICURED HANDS, I MADE IT!!! :D three cheers for robotic bug thingies! i wont fail my physics project!!

  69. Sophie

    Where are the freakin instructions?! I am NOT a robotic wiz ya know. PLEASE give me an answer soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  73. Morag

    For Sophie

    The instructions are all there, listed on nine pages underneath the second picture. You just have to click the links.

  74. amy

    is it possible to make it remote controlled?or… some kind of ON and OFF mechanism to start and stop the robot? what should be modifications to b done for making it to rotate?

  77. tom

    the robot moves forward until it hits an obsticle at which point it turns or reverses to avoid it and keeps going in a different direction. made one frome the updated design on instructables and it works great, realy fun little project good 4 beginners.

  78. ZACH

    Hey-cool project, i’m planning to build it.
    When the antenna touch something, it activates the switches, but what do they do? Cause without all fancy robotics stuff like micro-controllers etc., it wont turn all the way around…

  80. Vishnu

    No use. I wasted a lot of time. A big flop. Its useless. Isimply wasted my money and time.

  81. ZACH

    OK well i built it but it doesn’t work. It moves, but turns and when it hits something it doesn’t turn around just goes back and forth and bumps against the object (sorry to be so critical)… But it was still fun to build.

  86. hello

    hii,
    please tell me what is total expenditure for this beetel robot.reply soon

  88. george

    I love it! Its my very first robotic thing, and now I’m impressing my friends. It’s awesome – thanks very much for the instructions – George.

  91. zack p

    great stuff but it an’t a tutorial, and no other web site that i have seen has had a tutorial on how to make the robot that the site describes.

  92. khiaao shumpoo

    did you know that they created a robot dog. the drawback is that it learns and thinks on its own. then because of that discovery and creation, people are creating more learning robots. the more they learn, the more they will become aware that we are weaker than them and will wonder why we are in controll. We will be over come and wiped out. be careful when dealing with robots. make sure the ones you create are weaker than you.

  93. yoghesh

    i like the way u made it :::::::
    i like 2 see more such creations::::

  94. casee

    i love this site i hope u make more robots and post how u made them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  97. Joseph

    I was thinking of doing a science project and I was thinking of every day problems. I was wondering if I would be able to attach a cleaning pad underneath of it…do u know how big the robot will turn out to be?

  99. samm

    this is so cool how much dos soldering iron cost .i cant wait to try it

  100. tim

    you can find the spdt switches in computer mice, it what makes that clicking noise! lol

  102. anjhel

    this is the first tym me and my classmate do a project that is new in our school…hope thiss will works!!plss pray for me!!hahah..

  104. Lil one

    I haven’t even built the robot. I’m only in 4th grade but my dad is super smart and is going to help me. I am building it for my science far. My question is how does it go with no wheels and what does it do?

  105. crazy guy

    i hope this works. im gonna upgrade it to make it go up stairs. wahooooo! wooop!

  107. confused

    I am new to soldering, and I am having trouble soldering the antenna to the DPDT switches. I have tried using a hot glue gun, but that wasn’t strong engough. Please help.

  108. William Cox

    James,
    Soldering the antenna can be a difficult part. You have to get it very hot. Try holding the iron on the antenna and switch leaf for a while to heat it up – but don’t melt the switch. You can also try wrapping a piece of thin wire around the antenna/switch leaf to hold it in place while you solder.

  109. TJ

    So, is the leftover 22cm of electric wire used for the connection to the battery holder? Also, if the electric wire is used as the connection, do you solder it to the connection to make the connection?

  112. Sri

    I am bit confused about the wiring.. pl. be more clear.. and tell me the exact purpose of the switch..

  113. jtechnomaniac

    great! I love robots. ” this could be the beginning of my techno life”. thanks

  117. DizzyJoe

    i wasn’t able 2 get tat switch… is ther any other we can use???
    ah..and also wat’s its use?? help me out on this guys thanx..

  118. d joker

    omg i want it i just dont know where 2 find the parts i need 2 make it its killing me!

  119. d joker

    im almost done making my 1rst thing i made it a little original it has a tail that makes him turn around and other things i made him look like a roach its my little buddy

  122. lion

    solder?glue gun? seriously guys what is that or where can i get that oh and is math important for those things?

  124. Raisa Carron

    hello, is an electronic solder needed in this project? You said soldering iron AND electronic soldier is needed. is that so? or do you think i can manage with just a soldering iron. As this is the first time i am building a robot. and i do not know much. so please help?

  125. William Cox

    Raisa,

    The solder is like the glue that you use to stick electrical parts together with. The iron is what you use to melt the “glue”. You will need both for this project. But, any place that sells a soldering iron will also sell solder.

  129. Maddy

    what is? > wooden pearl
    > heat shrink
    > diagonal cutter
    > Sub-mini lever SPDT switches
    (guys i am absolutely new to robotics but i really want to make one ,
    plz help, and where can i get the whole tutorial which u have
    mentioned above)

  130. Alexsis Torres

    I’m doing a school project what is the use of it and how can I improve it?

  131. kat

    Maddy – the wooden pearl is basically a wooden bead that you can find in the craft section of any department store. the heat shrink is special tubing that when exposed to heat (such as a hairdryer) will shrink and wrap around whatever is put inside it. (the motor shaft). diagonal cutter is just a small set of wire cutters. the switches you can get at your local electronics store (radio shack for example), and are used to “open” and “close” the electric circuit to and from the batteries. The entire tutorial is here, just look directly under the pictures and you will see “Pages”, click on each number to go to the next page. Good Luck!!

  132. Arshad Hossain

    very simple…………..i am going to try it……………

  133. Jashua

    Your robot is intrusting and it looks easy to make but i wanna make somthing more creative do you have any instructions or ideas about it or what i can make? Love jashua

  134. Hossam22

    how can we use this robot in other ways, its nice but simple though im in 10th grade i want to know how can we use this small structure in something else and what does it benefit us ?
    any ideas..
    thanks =)

  135. david bowes

    Thanks Worked Perfect, This Was Cool To Build, Picked Up Everything I Needed
    At Radio Shack For $20 Bucks. But The Tutorial Is A little Messed Up You Dont Need All Thoes Wires, Look At The Photos At The Top And Bottom Of Page 8 For The Correct Wiring. Hope You Have As Much Fun As I Did.

    Feel Free To Email Me If You Have Any Questions.

  138. heartless

    im new to robotics or any hardware applications, but have to learn and study now because of a project,,, and luckily i find this site.. is it possible to add a light sensor in it or any sensor to detect color so that the beetle will be able to follow the color?… or a microphone to detect sounds for the beetle to go to where the sound come from,,, thanks for any help…

  139. Mr. Nameless

    Just one question… How much will it cost to get the materials? I have a bad budget.

  142. Gian

    i made it as our topic in our investigatory project in physics… it is a very good stepping stone for the future youths who will conduct the same topic…

  143. ift

    it is good but if u provide wheels to the motor shaft it will be more efficient

  145. karl

    what type of electrical wire do i need to use to make this as i have found that there are many different types available, thanks

  147. zeenu

    thank you so much…you have explained the things soooo welllll…!! :)
    ********************** for you…

  152. Bharath

    Hi,this robot looks cool.Can anyone say the functions of this bot.How does the antennas sense the obstacles and turn around?

  154. lilyanna

    Hello, I like this idea but how does it look at the end when your done and what does it do?

  155. PC-Integral

    This is a great project for all (beginners like me.). I built it and it was really nice. I am thinking on how to make it go backwards and forward with a remote control system. I love it. Why don’t we try to take this up a notch. Lets do it together. ciao.

  158. Black Fang

    I didnt build it yet but it looks awesome and when I grow up i’ll go to a college about robots.I just hope my dad will help me. :)

  159. robot fan 13

    In theory wouldn’t the robot just keep spinning or going backwards until the switch is hit again.

  160. deepam

    as I am a student of class 6. so it is very helpful or me .

  162. bhanu

    Actually this project simply super .Definitely I will try this

  163. vivek

    heya so how does it turn?? and wat does it the antenna do??

  166. shendi

    this robot is fantastic but i can not good speek englesh so please cn you rich albanian language

  169. Carlos

    Hi Jake, The post was separated in pages. We merged the pages so now you should see all the information at once.

  172. Carlos

    According to our own definition of a robot, it should be an electromechanical device that has knowledge of its surrounding and an impact on (or the ability to adapt to) its environment.

  175. din

    Is the bettle robot gives any application for us ?
    Are the bettle robot is energy efficient ?

  176. din

    Your project is help me to know about robot !!
    Is there any energy efficient robotic project is available ?

  177. lakshya

    i want to powerful arm of my robo,which can lift the 50 kg of weight,can i use cylindr kit by generating 4 bar pressure it can possible and what should equipment for that

  180. Naveen kumar

    Sir, how to connect the wire like red is +ve or -ve. whts the blue wire func..
    i m really impressed &i make it sure. specialy explain about blue wire how it functioned…..thanks for my help sir !i realy make it thanks

  185. Praveen ROSE

    How to build a robotic rose
    plzzz forward it to my mail
    i beg u…………………!
    i want to present it to my gal friend

  187. Dafne

    I like it can you make it with sensor? Will if you can pleas send me a piacture of your robot and steps how to bild it for show and tell in this coming december and also your piacture too becuse im using my phone for internit hears my number 09395927005

  188. SALONI

    PL. tell i want to make a simple robot which can easily climb on see – saw like bridge

  189. veershertty

    what r the applications of this beetle robot?
    do u have any suggestions so that i can impliment sensors to this.(beetle robot)

  191. Nitin

    hi bro….you are great da……you explained it vary well….you give me the insperation to do the projet….for beginer your project is good…..really thanks bro…

  196. mahipal

    hey ….can u please tell me what is a heat shrink, wher it is used,why???? and also about the wooden pearl…..

  198. v.akhileshuvar

    i will make this robot because i have intrest because i have seen enthiran movie it is very itresting

  199. v.akhileshuvar

    i will make this robot because i have intrest because i have seen enthiran movie it is very itresting idiots commenters

  200. ramesh

    how u saying that robotics is working with help of electric material we can use non conducting material

  202. bob

    i am making it for a sience fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  205. villa

    i won the most advantage robotics projects….and won the gold medalists among the district…thx 4 the tutor…u rock!!!

  208. anubhav

    wow!!!!!!!!!……..gna impress every1 wid dis project..ur jus simply gr8 mr.!!!:D

  211. nikhil

    nice & simple , great to view these nice robot. also simply created by any one. lot of we know about robo.

  213. Mohamed Rameez

    still i didn’t try it but i like it so i like implement it. so ma friends please help me make it

  215. titu

    Its good and i will make it can you please some more models like this. thanks

  216. maruthi

    yeah it is coooooooool…………………….
    realy i liked it ……….

  221. mshiss

    do the heat shrink on first cause when you heat it the hot glue melts.

  223. OMKAR

    HI I HAVE SEEN IT BUT FOR IMAGINATION IT IS SIMPLE FOR DOING IT IS LITTLE HARD NOT MUCH OK BY

  224. rajan

    it is very cool and i like it very much and i am going to make it soon
    it is my first start in robotics and i ll make it and many more tooooo

  225. Kevin

    great website! lik rajan, this is my first time in robotics also!
    i hope that this project will be the beginning of a HUGE series that i build

  226. rajanikant

    I tried for about a year but still could not build the robot u suggested …….

    I feel all ths stuff is fake

  231. Kiley

    cool i’m doing this for my science fair project :P lol so why does it maneuver around obstacles like how does it know to move?

  235. DEEPAK JHA

    I take more knowledge from this robotics projects so I give thanks the people who arrang this matter…..
    at last I want to a very vey thanks of those healp full persons….

  237. sireesha

    very nice…thankyou for all the crew who made it so easy to learn…..its very simple to understand…

  238. avinash.gv

    hey dont u think it is as simple as an learner will feel that robotics is an weak thing…as far u described it is an awesome one i have tried it and ??
    my point is that the starters of this feild will feel simple….. as robotics is an huge subject…

  239. Mugdho

    hi
    sir
    it is so easy but i think from where i buy its parts

  240. Anastasia

    Hey, i’m doing this for my science fair project too, but how does it work, do we need at remote control or something

  242. sukhdev singh

    hi i see it first time i will complete with very fun………………………………

  244. lokesh

    sir/madam,

    the above shown robot is pretty good work of yours……..i am pursuing graduation in engineering……..need to know about some projects on robotics………..please ensure they are affordable and the equipments are quite available…………………thanks

  245. Carlos

    Keep reading trough the website and you will definitely find simple and affordable robotic projects.

  247. Don

    What are the applications of BEETLE ROBOT !!!!!!!!!!!! Please tell

  248. Carlos

    That is a very interesting question, you are free to imagine your own application. A moving target for pets comes mediately to mind though.

    What other applications can you imagine?

  250. raghunath

    if have any ideas pls send to my mail {pujaraghu79@gmail.com}

  251. akshay

    it is super come with more super and simple robots so that parts can be available and every one can do it

  254. alna

    Hi! im ALNa from Philippines. this is cool and maybe i csn make one for my research project .. good job.

  255. Carlos

    An antena (like the ones on radios) receive an electric waves so that can be used by an electric circuit. The idea is to receive as much wave as possible with minimum losses so the wave is not wasted.

    In the case of the beetlebot, the antenna is just an extension of the switch and allows the robot to have a larger “bumper”

  258. geetika dayal

    it is looking very interesting……..i think i will have fun in making a new and first electronic projects of beetel robot…

  262. sabyasachi

    can u send a video plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

  266. reynaldo

    i”ll will use this invention in our school……………….I”M very thankful for u………. once again tnx!!!!

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  272. Srinivas

    It’s work and look like a toy car….!!!!!!!!!!
    I want to built a robo, as working by the instructions given by us……
    send the video and matter how to built a robo as satisfy…….

  273. Srinivas

    it’s work and look like a car…!!!!!!!!
    I want to built a robo, as working by the instructions given by us…….
    plzzzzzzzz send the video &matter how to built a robo as my satisfaction……

  275. robo

    hai
    I was planning to do it. can u plz send me the details. or if not post a comment

  277. umair younas

    i want to make a rebot please help me through my mailing adress .

  278. sarita

    it really a door to enter in the world of robot
    i got a lot of knowledge about robot in very simple and easy way
    THANKS a lot…

  279. Kabhi dekha tha kya

    cooooooooooooooool project it works as a car. Is this project given in instructables.com?

  283. patrice

    if it’s okay.. i need help to make a simple machine of some sort.. but i can’t ’cause I don’t know how to. the machine should be something that’s helpful.. but simple.. i absolutely have no clue what to do. can someone please help me.. suggest ideas or something.. it would be totally appreciated. thank you.

  284. JOYDEEP

    please try to inplement the design and give some more gesign so that we can able to make a very good robo car……thank you

  285. Shreenath

    Heyy Duud If we Put Higher Voltage Motor Then It Can Rotate Fast

  290. Hari Haran

    thanx i was searching for many days and finally i got it in this site.

  291. swapna

    hiii…iam doing engg 3rd year,….n i want to built a mini project interested in robotics…if u hav pdf or any info abt cell phone operated robot plzzzzz send it on my mail…plz help me out

  292. swapna

    hiii…iam doing engg 3rd year,….n i want to built a mini project interested in robotics…if u hav pdf or any info abt cell phone operated robot plzzzzz send it on my mail…plz help me out

  298. Kent

    i like robots!!!!!!!! i didn’t maked a robot since birth :( cause i dont have requirements :( D:

  301. maggi

    may i know the working,action of heat shrink,wooden pearl as said in the components,and also how it identifies the obstracles?

  306. Manical Blossom

    I’m making it as a project for school and I think it’ll be quite easy, thanks for putting up the how-to. :D

  308. anand

    this is good but nt suficcient for makinng good robot so enter more information

  309. cbenson

    Is there any particular information you are looking for? The Robotics field covers a LOT of topics, so we need to pick and choose the topics we find are of greatest use and interest to the most people.

  310. cbenson

    It does not actually “identify” obstacles – when it contacts an object, the current is cut to that motor, causing the robot to turn.

  311. cbenson

    There are no “requirements” – many builders learn by doing and not necessarily through formal education. Don’t be scared to start.

  312. shashikala

    good one for biginers.explain a bit about programming of robots as per required

  315. cbenson

    It uses the two motors to roll around, and when one of the sensors is pressed, that motor stopped, causing it to turn.

  316. Kome face reality

    This is a very nice robot i have a science experement and i want to make a robot i now have a robot it is very cool i am making it right now its going very well so excited

  318. vaijoe

    wow.. Itz lukin gr8 foh beginnerz like me.. Cant wait to make it bt the stuff needed is quite difficult.. Like spdt can we spot it frm computr mice n where can i get motors n we cant get where the heat shrink used.. Tq

  319. kn2thin mo ko pls.

    i have not tried it but i think it’s way cool

  321. cbenson

    Sure, but you’ll need a few additional parts since the L298 is controlled via 2x PWM and 2x digital pins) – usually this is done via a motor controller.

  323. cbenson

    There are links to all the products in the description.

  326. Shobha

    what is the third connection for?? (on the battery holder i.e. the blue wire)

  330. Philip Herstad

    Hello there! I know this is kind of off topic but I was wondering which blog platform are you using for this site? I’m getting tired of WordPress because I’ve had problems with hackers and I’m looking at options for another platform. I would be great if you could point me in the direction of a good platform.

  335. John Eninla

    hi. i tried to do this project to but i failed the first time. i did it the second time it worked perfectly thanks

  336. Aracelis Mulhall

    You ‘re so ingenious! I don’t suppose Ive read anything like this before. So awesome to find somebody with some unique opinions on this topic. I enjoy reading a post that will make people think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!.

  340. S.G.BHAVANA

    I made this project and i submitted in my school and i got the first prize for this project .Thank u for this and my robot is simply super

  344. Caeman Oberg

    I love this! I used it in my science fair! I WON!!! I piddled and now mine has a pair of pincers in the front! It was hell to use wieghts and crap like that. I’m adding more motors and i’m making it into a centipede!

  346. ItsyBitsy

    hello…..I am in 3rd grade.I love this website & I can’t wait to make this cute robot!!!!!!!!!!!!P.S.WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE ANTENNA FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  350. saikrishna

    i was searching to make a robot and i found it now i am making it thanks a lot……………………….:!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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