subject: Let's All Learn How To Build A Robot [print this page] We have all come up on various instances where we were prompted to build project whether for school, work or even your own pleasure. Believe it or not a robot can be very popular in these situations. So in this how - to - guide we will explore the materials and steps needed to build a robot.
Required Tools
Shear
Required Materials
Wheel base
Nickel Cadmium battery
Controller Combo (4 or 6 degrees of movement)
2 Velcro pieces
Professional Strength glue
2 Servos
Dual - lock tape
Instructions
1.Look around for any old toy parts that can be used, especially old radio-controlled (RC) cars. These can be stripped down and the batteries, receivers, servos and more can all be employed in your robot, saving you money. Also, think about stripping off the unnecessary plastic pieces and leaving the wheel base of the RC car to make of.
2.Find a wheel base (or take apart the existing RC car), not touching the wheel base. Put aside the other parts. Take two Velcro pieces and attach each to the wheel base using professional-strength glue, with one Velcro piece on the bottom of the base and one on the top.
3.Connect a nickel-cadmium battery to the bottom Velcro part, and then join a 4- or 6- way connecter to the top Velcro part. The "ways," or degrees, of the receiver point to the level of movement it gives your robot. Ensure your connecter and controller are compatible and give for the same amount of degrees of movement. A 4-way connecter makes way for up-down, left-right movement for example, while 6 ways makes way for more free diagonal movement, as well.
4.Attach two servos to your wheel bottom employing dual-lock tape. Make sure the servos are located on the perimeter of the wheel bottom near the wheels, but on opposite sides of the bottom from one another.
5.Connect all your components to the connecter. Glance at the connecter and examine the channels at the end of it. All your parts will be wires into the ends of these channels. Connect the battery to the connecter, by using the channel marked "Batt" or "Battery". Then, connect the dual servos in directly adjacent channels on the receiver but away from the battery connection.
6.Turn on your robot creation with your controller and give it a test run. You now have a working robot. customize to your robot as you see fit.
Tips & Warnings
Locating the vibrator in a receiver might be tricky. Sometimes it looks like a little watch battery with two wires coming from it. It may also be cylindrical. But it will always be somewhat weighty compared to other components its size
