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Step 9Putting It Together
Yes, you're almost finished! Now that you have finished creating everything, it's time to connect it up and put together the finished robot!
To make the battery packs for the 1.5 watch batteries, I cut a small section out from a large plastic drinking straw. Also, for the wires, I put thin pieces of sheet metal, just to make the connection easier.
For connecting the motors together (the hobby motors to each other, and the scrub brush motors together), solder each of the motor's plus wires together, and each of their minus wires together. In that sense, when each set of motors (the hobby and scrub brush) will be sharing their own batter packs.
Remember that when connecting the plastic tubing pipe for the Roller Ball, that the wires are going to need to go through the neck hole, so glue the plastic tube directly underneath it. The motors for the scrub brushes get fed through the hole at the top of the body, through the black insulated wire tubing, and into the back of the head. The black insulated tubing will provide protection for the wires, as well as being very flexible.
Finally, solder each of the wires from the motors to the switch.
Note: It would be a very good idea to label which wires are for which motors ahead of time, so you won't have to be testing each wire combination later.
To make the battery packs for the 1.5 watch batteries, I cut a small section out from a large plastic drinking straw. Also, for the wires, I put thin pieces of sheet metal, just to make the connection easier.
For connecting the motors together (the hobby motors to each other, and the scrub brush motors together), solder each of the motor's plus wires together, and each of their minus wires together. In that sense, when each set of motors (the hobby and scrub brush) will be sharing their own batter packs.
Remember that when connecting the plastic tubing pipe for the Roller Ball, that the wires are going to need to go through the neck hole, so glue the plastic tube directly underneath it. The motors for the scrub brushes get fed through the hole at the top of the body, through the black insulated wire tubing, and into the back of the head. The black insulated tubing will provide protection for the wires, as well as being very flexible.
Finally, solder each of the wires from the motors to the switch.
Note: It would be a very good idea to label which wires are for which motors ahead of time, so you won't have to be testing each wire combination later.
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