Having spent a bit of time looking at the many creations here on Lets Make robots, and on other websites, I still wasn't sure what type of robot I wanted to build. Then I stumbled across the Atom Massager at a local DSE (NZ) store.
At this point I have disassembled the massager, removed the motor and am measuring up the space available.
The plan is to install two pager motors (preferably with planetary gearboxes) controlled by an L293D (PWM controlled) via a PICAXE14M. I have also been spending some time developing the code I think will be needed.
Quite a bit of work will need to be done on designing the traction system. I have received some good suggestions from Nebster and Oddbot on this.
As it already had a motor with eccentric weight on it, I placed it on the floor and turned it on. It vibrated but didn’t move. Thinks! - what if I put a pager vibrator in each leg? And controlled each motor via the PICAXE14M? Cheers
gears The pagermotor wont be able to move your robot unless you put it through a gearbox. The smallest one I’ve found is the GM15 from Solarbotics.com, it’s only slightly larger than a pager motor, and the ship worldwide…
Have been banging my head Have been banging my head against the keyboard trying to find a way to make this bot move. Have thought of the ball thing but have never once thought of rotating the entire ‘leg’. Will be posting photos of the inside of this thing in the next couple of days so you all have a better idea of size and problems with the ‘legs’. Cheers
