Introduction: Floor Cleaning Robot
In this instructable you will be building a simple floor cleaning robot.
A similar instructable was published before: https://www.instructables.com/id/Big-3-Solderless-Bristle-bot
The robot will move like shown in the videos:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BoFnqoZEKX8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ug7GfbCNehs
You will need:
- brush
- AA battery holder
- 3 V motor
- plasticine/play dough or blue tag
- short piece of thick wire
- small wheel or part of wheel (to attach to motor)
- rubber band
Step 1: Brush
Place a piece of plasticine on to the brush.
Step 2: Battery Holder
Attach the battery holder onto the brush.
Step 3: Motor
Attach the motor with plasticine on to the battery holder.
Attach a piece of stripped wire (I used transparent) to motor armature as show in the figure.
Step 4: Wires
Attach wires and piece of wheel to motor.
Step 5: Complete
Now to robot is complete. All you have to do is flip the switch.
You can rotate the motor to control the direction of movement.
The robot will move like shown in the videos:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BoFnqoZEKX8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ug7GfbCNehs
6 Comments
7 years ago
Cool!
7 years ago
But dude how its work
9 years ago on Introduction
Awesome, now lets make some really big ones.
10 years ago on Introduction
You can use hot glue and some other kind of system to change direction. This actually won't clean your floor. It's just something fun to screw around with
10 years ago on Introduction
what do you mean by "vid"?
10 years ago on Introduction
sweetness could you make vid for it