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Step 2The Headbanger
... was the first one I build. I used Gold Cap as the energy source to drive the rumble motor of the XBOX gamepad. To load the Gold Cap with energy a 3V battery need to be attached to "The Hadbanger" for some seconds. After that he headbangs ... slowly but steady ...
The legs are made with the contacts of LEDs. These legs are rather soft. Together with the hight center of mass, the motor is mounted rather high, it leads to the slow "headbanging". As you can see in the video, this bot is moving!
After some fun with the simple version I attached a small switch that I found in an old floppy disc drive. This switch is activated when the motor "headbangs" to the side of the switch. It is deactivated when the motor moves the "rumble masses" to the other side. This leads to some oscillation.
The advantage of the soft legs are also the disadvantage of the bot. After a lot of "headbanging" the legs will break. Now we see ... IT'S DANGEROUS!
The legs are made with the contacts of LEDs. These legs are rather soft. Together with the hight center of mass, the motor is mounted rather high, it leads to the slow "headbanging". As you can see in the video, this bot is moving!
After some fun with the simple version I attached a small switch that I found in an old floppy disc drive. This switch is activated when the motor "headbangs" to the side of the switch. It is deactivated when the motor moves the "rumble masses" to the other side. This leads to some oscillation.
The advantage of the soft legs are also the disadvantage of the bot. After a lot of "headbanging" the legs will break. Now we see ... IT'S DANGEROUS!
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