How to Build a Robot - The BeetleBot v2 ( Revisited )

Step 7 The BeetleBot v2 ( Revisited ) - Attaching the motors to battery holder

Here we simply glue the metal plate to the front of the robot.

These are a few problems that arose:

1 - The motor mount unglued from the battery holder.

You can simply glue the metal plate to the battery holder with epoxy. You will never be able to remove it!

Here is my tip: I tape a piece of masking tape to the battery holder and one to the motor mount. I then use epoxy to glue the two parts together. The glue dries onto the masking tape and not on the plastic of the battery holder. If one day I need to remove any item, I simply rip off the masking tape! Clever hen? In resume, you glue two pieces of masking tape together!

2 - The front of the robot is too heavy and the robot tilts to the front.

To avoid the tilting, you can try to mount the bracket to the front and not to the middle. This might not really help. On the next step you will see another solution. You can always put some weight on the back of the robot.

Comments

[Chowmix12]

Can you tilt the angle of one motor so that the motors are balanced and the robot goes straight?

[bot builder15]

Garrett, where did you find the battery holder i cant seem to find any in the electronics i have

[kenjimatsuda]

radioshack youll b supprised