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Pieces of a rolling robot

A project log for 8BitRobots Module

A common hardware, software and 3D printed module to enable fun, educational robots anyone can print and program.

tim-wilkinsonTim Wilkinson 05/22/2018 at 21:170 Comments

The goal of the 8BitRobots project is to make it easy to 3D print, build and program a set of robots with only a few extra pieces. The simplest robot I could come up with ... which wasn't completely boring ... was a two wheeled rolling ball robot. I've previous logged an exploded diagram of this robots construction, but now seems like a good moment to go over all the pieces.

Starting top/left:

A few notes on the pieces. I selected continuous servos for the robot's motors because they were the easiest to source, use and mount. They might not be the best way to power a robot wheel, but the goal was simplicity first. I wanted to avoid using screws and bolts as much as possible. Most pieces are held together using zipties, but bolds were unavoidable when it came to attaching the wheels. Finally, the switch and power connectors was purposely constructed and really any old way to connect the batteries to the module would do.

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