Bristlebot

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Yay! I made a Bristlebot today, and updated the smilies for this blog. Much cuter, no?

It was pretty fun. My soldering has gone waaaaaay downhill though. Hopefully I’ll get more practice in soon. Arduino and ArtBot contest entries are due in the end of April, so I better get moving. My plan is to make a new Robbie, incidentally called Pinky. I’ll somehow find a small microphone and speaker, and embed it in a physical pink snowman.

The coolest part about the ArtBot contest is that, if I am accepted, I’ll be able to go to Ireland on my birthday. I’m Irish, so that’s quite a huge ordeal!
-> Oh, I received my comments today. And a crumpled certificate. Nice. Well, the comments were all positive, even the two in French.

I checked to see what the science fairs in Mass are like - they have a panel of professional judges. So I need not worry for the future!

Posted in: Projects, Robot.
Tags: bristlebot, Pinky, science fair

8 Responses to “Bristlebot”

1. jbc Says:
   March 29th, 2008 at 10:42 AM

   hey Erin - I wrote abour your bot for MAKE - link is here.. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/03/build_a_bristlebot_to_cle.html
   cool proj
   jbc

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3. Mad William Flint Says:
   March 29th, 2008 at 11:44 AM

   Cute! How long does the battery last?

4. Erin, the RobotGrrl Says:
   March 29th, 2008 at 1:54 PM

   Thanks times infinity jbc! I extremely appreciate it.

   Hmm, I think the battery lasts as long as a 3V battery should last. If you want me to try, I definitely can (with a full 3V battery).

5. Mad William Flint Says:
   March 29th, 2008 at 2:04 PM

   Long as a horse’s legs eh? Fair enough. I’ll head off to radio shack build a couple and set them loose in my kitchen, see if they don’t spontaneously run and hide.

6. Erin, the RobotGrrl Says:
   March 29th, 2008 at 2:07 PM

   Hehe! I guess if you don’t want them to hide, you could get a photoresistor so when it is dark, the DC motor moves slower / turns off.
   Have fun! Let me know how it works out

   (Don’t forget the tooth brushes! )

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