Bristle Bot from PS2 Controller Motor

This is a variation of the now common bristle bot. It is a bit bigger, using 3 AA batteries and the vibration motor from a PS2 game controller

Step 1 Materials and Tools Needed

For materials, you need:
- 4 identical toothbrushes
- A three-position AA battery holder
- 3 AA batteries
- A dead or unneeded PS2 Controller or similar
- A SPST switch
- A bit of extra wire, 24g insulated (possible)

I got my toothbrushes for $1 US at, where else, the dollar store. The batteries and holder were sitting around. The PS2 controller I bought simply to take apart anyway. The switch is from my parts cabinet.

The tools needed are the basic builder stuff:
- soldering iron
- hot glue gun (with glue)
- wire cutters
- wire strippers
- you may need a file to clean the contacts of the battery holder

Comments

[chipper35]

Good instructable......but gee whiz, that might be the shortest video in the history of Youtube!!

[luiscll]

Hi there, do you have the datasheet of this dc motor?

[twhaley]

i'm looking into purchasing a top-of-the-line hot glue gun, can anyone recommend one? I bought a martha stewart brand one a few years ago but it was a piece of crapola.

[RetroPlayer]

Check out the Dremel 1200-01 Hot glue gun. Has two temps, a flattened handle, and a silicone guard over the nozzle to prevent burns to your hands, plastic you are gluing, or worse: the power cord. Oh, and it also has an on/off switch. A feature absolutely essential in a glue gun, but missing in every glue gun I have ever purchased before, including the $30 one I bought not too long ago.

[mg0930mg]

Really missing an on/off switch? Never, heard of that...

[pancho del rancho]

hahahah omg man fooo a on and off buttton omg thats new lol i almost cryied

[mg0930mg]

What?

[pancho del rancho]

naw fooo u dont get it i was kinda hyper at the time 2

[iP0D]

could you use a different on/off switch, just make it so it goes when you plug the battery and get rid of the switch all together?

[pancho del rancho]

that should work as long its connected directly to the batterys

[The Speaker Guy]

Sure, no worries mate.

[sharlston]

i used a reed switchso when it detects a magnet it moves so i put a magnet on my ring and amazed mi frineds thanks ps.would it be ok if i made a few of these to sell?

[jjj_9]

just do it, when will he find out? lool

[The Speaker Guy]

Hi - not my permission to give. Send an email to evil mad scientist, he thought of them first

[Uru Wolf]

You could use two moters and have one doing up/down and the other doing left/right. Make a ball of brushes and put the moters into the middle. Watch it roll...

[thebobcrew]

true very true6

[killerjackalope]

hmmm you could make scrathy bot with a bunch of wire brushes, a pokey bot with an old heatsink and a stabby bot from a bunch of exacto knife of similar blades...

[MilotisX]

... very very true

[Your Average Guy]

oops sorrey

[Your Average Guy]

I'm sorry i found the problem there was a piece of a paper clip thatwas sticking out of the moader area probably from my evil yongest brother

[Your Average Guy]

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[The Speaker Guy]

I started with a broken PS2 controller, but did not get zapped. Send me a pic and I will try to assist.

[GorillazMiko]

Nooooo, you beat me to it! I was going to make this, but much smaller, but here's the link.

[Kiteman]

No, I was going to make it - I've even been out and bought a new toothbrush with bristles at just the right angle!

[GorillazMiko]

:P Okay. :-)

[cowscankill]

post yours anyways, it's different and already fully documented

[AzurusNova]

I have to make a few of these things when I can find the parts. Could you imagen a troop of these things scrubbing your floors? Heh, lets try this with a bigger brush now. ;) Lets see how big we can get them.

[stackemtotheheavens1]

you could also do this with the motor from the rumble packs from the old nintendo 64's.i got two of 'em. should i make a double power bristle bot or should i just make two?

[cowscankill]

make two and race 'em!

[FunkNattidelic]

i think i could put this to use around my house... spray some cleaner in the bathtub and put 'er in.

[darkmuskrat]

Lolz, for some reason I could see this chasing me down a dark alley at night :P

[Rob K]

I was thinking of the pool cleaner bots.

[Rob K]

Guess you could use a waterproof case for the motor and some weight and have the battery pack on a long wire. Let it bounce around the bottom of a pool.

[The Speaker Guy]

That is a good idea. Li+ batteries would be good. Simply drop a few bots in the pool at night, take them out the next day and put them in a charging dock.

[cooldog]

ya but the problem with that is that all the bots on the showlo end will jus6t vibrate to the depest point (the deep end)

[21GeeOff21]

i just did the same thing but with an old xbox controller.