DIY Tooth Brush Robot

by Emsaid

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Intro: DIY Tooth Brush Robot

here I'll show you how to make a tooth brush robot out of a few simple pieces, I know theres been a lot of other ible's of the same thing but mine is a bit different and can be charged over and over. this is my own design of this robot, you need:

Supplies-

-Mini vibration motor
-Capacitor
-Tooth brush head
-glue gun
-9v battery

STEP 1: The Set Up

First you are going to wire everything up. I just soldered the motor onto the capacitor, but id you dont have a capacitor then connect the motor to a small battery. you can also add a switch if you want.

STEP 2: Attach the Head

now glue your motor and electricity source to your tooth brush head, I cut the middle strip of bristles off then I glued it to the bottom for the first type, for  the second type i glued it to the top. the first type works alot better because of the angle bristle heads. the second type falls over more and just spins around most of the time.

STEP 3: Let It Loose

now either charge your capictor or connect the battery to your motor and let your robot loose!
Enjoy!

28 Comments

ALOKS1 9 years ago

Cool!! And what about the Capacitors? Can I do without the CapaCitor? I mean a small battery Cell will be okay? And CapaCitor needs to be Charged often right?

wolf-y 13 years ago

wow its so cool i will do one

LorditaM 9 years ago

very nice robot i made a robot made of can !!!

mintar 13 years ago

Where can i find a mini vibration motor?

Lucky7x7 11 years ago

any cell phone or pager with a vibrate feature.

Lucky7x7 11 years ago

also vibrating shaver handles and vibrating toothbrushes have little motors for bristle bots as well.

Emsaid 13 years ago

probably any electrical store, i got mine from radio shack

mintar 13 years ago

I found one in a Nokia...

wsanriv 13 years ago

Yes me too I found one in my nokia, but by some reason I cant find my celular any more.....

Nice little bot :D

robertjames 12 years ago

there are toys in the market called a hex bug it is like this and there are differnt ones like spiders and ants

Cadet 13 years ago

Gotta love Joint Winter Encampments?? hmm?????

Emsaid 13 years ago

?? i didnt go

rowow 13 years ago

guys what dont you under stand the robots are really easy to makeinsted of a capasitor use a button cell/battery and its called a BRISTIL BOT NOT A TOOTH BRUSH ROBOT???

Emsaid 13 years ago

i know i know, i was just making a different version of it, this one can be charged countless times so you dont need to replace any batteries. I was just throwing it out there.... dont be hatin bro lol

jefersonrod 13 years ago

Cool man, seems like a cockroach running on the floor. I´ll Try do it.

neffk 13 years ago

If you upload your movies to youtube, they'll be more accessible. They have code for embedding it in a web page, which you can cut/paste here.

uberhund 13 years ago

Whatever it is, we know that it's not simply a capacitor. True, the "X" scoring on the top is familiar to electrolytic capacitors. The scoring works as a pressure release should it decide to explode, a nasty habit that electrolytics have when connected in the wrong polarity and/or with too high a voltage rating.

However, niCads have nasty habits also, so I'm inclined to think it's a rechargeable battery of some sort.

But why no polarity indicators on the packaging, in either case? I still don't get that. I'm not going to buy an Airhog to find out.

Emsaid 13 years ago

i bought mine fer $3 so you might just wait till their on sale
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