I always wanted to make a simple, yet decent project with this patch, and the "pocket-sized" contest seemed like the perfect opportunity to make a robot mascot.
This chap sits in my shirt pocket, just like in the contest icon, and goes with me wherever, ready to shine his light upon the world...
Anyway, notice how he seems to look down, wearing a slight smile? That's because he gets happy and blinks his lights when you tickle his feet... or when I get a hug :-)
The Aniomagic touch-sensitive learning sensor can be calibrated to detect direct contact, or proximity to another person, so it made perfect sense to use it for this project. For this project, the tilt switch allows you recalibrate the sensor when you turn the robot upside down. Doing so makes him really excited.
Ingredients:
- Robot patch from Instructables
- 3 sequins
- conductive thread
- large battery
- tilt switch
- learning sensor (touch)
You can grab the parts from our store, and make yourself a pocketable touch & hug sensitive robot patch.
This chap sits in my shirt pocket, just like in the contest icon, and goes with me wherever, ready to shine his light upon the world...
Anyway, notice how he seems to look down, wearing a slight smile? That's because he gets happy and blinks his lights when you tickle his feet... or when I get a hug :-)
The Aniomagic touch-sensitive learning sensor can be calibrated to detect direct contact, or proximity to another person, so it made perfect sense to use it for this project. For this project, the tilt switch allows you recalibrate the sensor when you turn the robot upside down. Doing so makes him really excited.
Ingredients:
- Robot patch from Instructables
- 3 sequins
- conductive thread
- large battery
- tilt switch
- learning sensor (touch)
You can grab the parts from our store, and make yourself a pocketable touch & hug sensitive robot patch.
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Arrange your pieces to see how they'll fit. I tend to put the electronics underneath my designs.
The sequins fit this patch so well. Nothing else comes in such tiny ready-to-sew form.
The thin conductive thread is perfect for this project. It has enough resistance so you don't need extra resistors for the sequins. Just remember to double-stitch.
Also, look for this blue patch in your craft store. It gives you awesome grip for pushing and pulling needles through thick material.
The sequins fit this patch so well. Nothing else comes in such tiny ready-to-sew form.
The thin conductive thread is perfect for this project. It has enough resistance so you don't need extra resistors for the sequins. Just remember to double-stitch.
Also, look for this blue patch in your craft store. It gives you awesome grip for pushing and pulling needles through thick material.
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Actually, it's shocking that this is the only instructable I have seen that uses the instructable patch!
....now if someone were to give you a virtual patch based on this patch...! I think I just blew my own mind!