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Solar Cockroach Virbobot

Step 5Enjoy!

Enjoy!
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Your'e now done.

To make your roach extra cute I usually add on some little antennas via a single strip of thin wire.

You can also go full crazy and add googley eyes to make him extra personable.

I've made quite a few and given many away.  Below are a few I have in my room (including one with a capacitor, something that didn't work at all for me) to give you an idea of different ways to do the legs.

If you'd like one I have some for sale on my website, etsy store, and available as kits.

If you want a cheap and easy project you might as well put some together.
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Author:JoshuaZimmerman(BrownDogGadgets)
I'm a middle school science teacher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I like making random things and then teaching my students how to do the same. I also run a little website where I sell some of the things...
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