Sugru + Servos = Robot

Build a robot using a bag of Sugru and 5 mini-servo motors.

Motivation:

Build a robot using very few parts and very cheap servo motors.  

Steps:

1. Parts list
2.  Build
3. Wire
4. Program
5. Play!

Outcomes of this project:

1. Robot with 5 joints
2. Arduino Code which is expandable
3. Control and wiring setup

Step 1 Parts

Parts used:

• 5 mini hobby servo motors -- 9g
• about 8 packets of Sugru -- or one big puch
• Arduino Uno - with a Screw Shield 
• Battery pack -  4 AA bats
• Servo proto-shield   -- from 'Wendell' Robot
• Controller  -- from Giant Crane Game

Comments

[wirenut1980]

Awesome project. This would be great to upscale and maybe use for Halloween to interact with the kids!

[marc.cryan]

This would be great to upscale and maybe use for Halloween to interact with the kids!

Thanks!!  -- Funny you mention upscalling --- this is a downsized version of my last  two instructables --

1. Nov. 2011 - This was so big it could puch you in the face, and it would hurt -- it also got up about 50lbs before I threw it in the basement.
2. Dec. 2011 - This guy is smaller -- it is basically a box, so you can put all the peices inside and stack them on top of a bookshelf -- but it was made out of wood so I kept having to run down stairs to use a saw - and it got up to around $100 in parts.
3. Jan 2012 - Sugru Man!!  -- Can be built entirely at the dinning room table.  All the peices can be thrown in a small box - and it only uses only about $30 in parts.

[wirenut1980]

Thanks for the reply. All great projects by the way!

[brainsfried]

nice! this would be cool at Halloween!