Walking on water: start building a StriderBot

Step 2 Basic construction

The rods are bent and kept in shape by attaching them to each other with ordinary scotch tape. At the center "node" I made support with some more scotch tape, keeping motor and battery out of the water. The motor was fixed with a tiny piece double side tape, making sure the excenter weight turns freely. The motor leads had their electric insulation removed over a couple of mm and each one is taped to one pole of the battery. I learned this method from the "Evil Mad Scientist BristleBot".

Comments

[lycoris3]

If only i could hear what you were saying (if at all) it would make a beautiful science project.

[masynmachien]

I did not make much spoken comments and it was in Dutch anyway. All the explanation is written.