So I am rather new to robots.
I got into it because I was learning the Arduino and loved it so now I want to make robots with it :)
The thing I struggle most with at the moment is how to attach my motor to my robot. I bought some meccano stuff which I am using the build the chassis. I already managed to build some support for my arduino and the sensors I want to use (Ping ))).
Now I want to attach the motors but I don't have a clue how. I'm using the motors that came with the sandwich robot kit: https://solarbotics.com/product/gm2/
Anybody got some ideas, examples or something that can help me.
Well, since the arduino I/O
Well, since the arduino I/O pins cannot handle the currents required by most motors you’ll be needing to either use an arduino motor shield or any other sort of board containing a motor driving circuit.
Search for and read on the subjects of:
h-brigde
motor driver
[arduino] motor shield
As an example this was the first motor driver circuit I’ve built and used.
Thanks for the tips
Thanks for the tips guys.
I’,m looking for some tips to physically attach the motor to the robot. I don’t have issues with attaching it to the Arduino. I’m using a 9V battery to power the motor and some transistor circuit so I can use the Arduino to control when to enable each motor.
I am looking for something so I can easily attach the motor and reuse it for other robots.
The hot glue idea sounds perfect but than I cannot reuse the motors on other robots. Maybe I look into this and just build a solid chassis with motors and wheels and make sure the board + sensors can be attached easily so I can reuse the entire chassis instead of the motors. This would allow me to use the hot glue technique which sounds good.
I don’t mind spending a few bucks on this hobby but it would be great to build everything myself just to get the experience.
I am a developer and not really used to working with tools and materials so it would be a good excercise 
