RC Bristle Robot

This is a type of robot that used to be just a pager motor on a tooth brush but now you can make it remote control with just a few items. You don't need to know ANYTHING about robots, or electronics to make this project.

Step 1 Materials

To make this robot you will need

-hot glue gun
-a mini remote control helicopter (i used a Reflex brand plane) its better to have one with two side propellers or something that can help turn the bristle robot.
- 2 toothbrushes
-a knife (or a away to pry open the airplane)
- If you want more control you will need an X-box controler motor, or pager motor
If you have this you are ready to go :D

Comments

[Max "the bassist" Pratt]

Make one that can slide under doors, and add a swiveling camera!

[ilpug]

you sir, win.

[corn holio]

dude awesome bot. surprisingly i had a broken down reflex that i was gonna throw away. one cool junkbot!

[sreejithsnew]

niceee

[TSC]

sweet!!!!!!!!!! cool!!!!!!!!!!!!  i will give it 5 stars!!!!!!!!!

[TOCO]

The reflex is an air hogs product that is called the reflex helicopter just so you know.

[bassclarinet23]

Hee hee. Put some Pinesol on the wood and "let 'er rip". Cool.

[thinbrain]

Is this easy to control and if u make it with a video game cntrlr motor do u need to solder anything?

[meanbean]

good instructable bad trumpet solo in first vid lol

[TOCO]

amazing!! If I had an air hogs reflex I would leave it as it is. I only have one flying rc and it is a hard to controll bat. I have wanted a reflex for a long time. I would make it out of a cheap rc car.

[1Luna274]

err, why not try using two vibrating motors that spin in different directions? could work.

[sageserver]

It looks like in the video. That the motor in the back makes the whole bot spin. To fix this: You can have 2 motors spinning opposite from each other. use smaller motors(the wires and the axle in the motor is big) like paper motors. Its better to have smaller motors that are faster then bigger motors that are slower. the vibrating motor makes it so that the bristle bot is suspended in air(about 1 mm off the ground) you dont want it to jump (more that 3mm off the ground) after that it becomes unstale. what i used in my crappy one (messy hot glueing), is a simple 2 channel helicopter and used the back motor to spin the bristle bot one way or the other(i mounted it verticaly and is countered by the spin of the vibrating motor). the main thrust motor propels it forward. I have a seperate pager motor to make it vibrate. i noticed i had trouble with stability. i corrected it with 3 brushes in a triangle instead of the 2 brushed side by side. Really cool instructable. I like R/C stuff.

[Walkerion]

what was the brand of your helicopter? mine only came with the dual propellers and one motor.

[sageserver]

It was the cheapest heli, like $16 at Frys. Its a 2 channel, infrared controlled. i dont know the brand or anything about it.

[rockman1965]

it nice, i will try it

[goatgirly]

do the bristles sweep? I'd make it to sweep the floor!

[Bongmaster]

kool :) tho that looks a hell of a lot like a helecopter rather than a plane ;)

[Walkerion]

lol you're right, for some reason i kept saying plane instead of helicopter

[Bongmaster]

XD