The final part of the 8BitRobots project are the robots. If you assemble all the different pieces in the stack, it'd be a bit of a shame if there was no actual robot at the end of it.

Over time I'll be releasing the 3D files for various printable robots so people can build and experiment in different ways. But for the first robot I've gone with something simple - a ball.

The picture above shows the outer casing of a simple two wheeled robot; each half of the case forms one of the robot's wheels. The 8BitRobots module is hidden inside the ball, together with the motors and batteries. There are a few supporting printed parts and a couple of screws holding it together.

As you can see below, it's a zippy little thing.

But why blue and yellow? Two reasons; first, it's difficult to remember which way is forward if both sides are the same color, and second. CAL colors of course! 

And ... finally ... why 8BitRobots when there's not an 8-bit processor in sight? Well, the 8-bit refers to the chunky, low-res, style of the robots; and I like the name.