Introduction: Robot Dog
I love making robots and decided to share a fun and inexpensive way of making a robot dog!
Step 1: Gather Your Materials
You will need:
1) Copper wire
2) Blutack
3) One nut
4) Four medium sized screws
5) One small screw
6) Metal pipe thing (I have no idea how you get hold of these since I found mine on the road)
7) One spring
8) A hot glue gun
9) A soldering iron (if you don't have one of these, super glue will work too)
Step 2: Making the Dog's Tail
First, at the end of your copper, bend a hook to stop the tail pulling out later. Then, halfway up, bend a right angle.
Step 3: The Body
Now glue on your dog's tail, and poke the spring into its body. When the spring is in and the tail on, put the small screw below the spring so that the spring is pointing up a little (as shown in the photos). Then fill the dog's body with hot glue (this is easier and quicker than soldering).
Step 4: The Head
Once the glue is dry, you can put the head (which is your nut) on! If your spring is the right size the nut should screw onto the spring nicely. Otherwise you can glue or solder it on.
Step 5: The Legs
Lastly, for the legs. For this step it is easier if you blutack the legs (the medium screws) to some paper so they don't slide around.For putting the legs on if you have a soldering iron that's great, but if you don't, superglue will still work. As you can see in the photos, just put the dog's body on top of its legs and wait until the glue is dry or the metal is cool before taking the dog off the paper. Your dog is finished! I hope you enjoyed this instructable.

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21 Comments
3 years ago on Step 5
It doesn't look like something with routor or something that can actually move
3 years ago
It look like nice small robot dog.
Reply 3 years ago
Thank you
4 years ago
Not a robot dog. Just junk glued together.
Reply 4 years ago
Thanks! Your opinion means so much to us!
7 years ago
A robot is supposed to move.
Reply 6 years ago
Thanks for the words of wisdom. I realize I should have called this instructable something like 'scrap metal dog' since it doesn't move.
6 years ago
does it walk?
Reply 6 years ago
No sadly :\ . It's just a decoration. I probably should have called this instructable 'scrap metal dog' since it isn't actually a robot but I didn't think of it at the time. :-)
7 years ago
Cute :3
Reply 7 years ago
thanks a lot! :)
7 years ago
Really neat design. I like it.
Reply 7 years ago
Thank you!!
7 years ago
It was supposed to be moving right ?
Reply 7 years ago
Hmm, unfortunately it has a severe case of paralysis! :|
7 years ago
Good job mate, very creative.
Reply 7 years ago
thanks for commenting! :)
7 years ago
Very cute!
Reply 7 years ago
thank you!
7 years ago
With the mane, it looks most like a chow chow. But it could easily pass for a lion, were someone hoping to build an exotic animal robot menagerie.