I built this robot back in December 2004. I had received an issue of Make Magazine from a BYU-UUG meeting and found an article about how to make a light seeking robot out of an old mouse using simple electronics (most of which came from the mouse itself).
This was a fun project but I didn't continue with robotics until I came arcoss Frits' robot, Yellow Drum Machine. It re-ignited my desire to tinker around and build another robot. So I came to letsmakerobots.com, created an account and started to build my own drum machine!
Navigates to where ever the light is strongest in the room
- Power source: 9v battery
- Sensors / input devices: bumper switch
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/my-first-robot-4
If ever end up repairing it though I’ll be sure to post a video.