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Creator: Jim Web Site: Jim's BEAM Page Bot Name: Carbot 1 Description: Carbot 1 is a bot that spins paper flowers and sticks to a glass surface via two suction cups. It has the same origami flowers that I've used in larger arrangements. I made it for my wife's car window. The pager motor could spin almost anything of light weight. |
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Creator: Jim Web Site: Jim's BEAM Page Bot Name: Carbot 2 Description: Carbot 2 is another window bot. This one is mine! He's stuck to the inside of the family truckster windshield. The lander type legs make him look like a probe that relays data back home with its large spinning antenna. |
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Creator: Kristoffer Web Site: Robot Central Bot name: Sun Flapper 1.0 Description: This is a Magbot butterfly, it stands on my windowsill and flaps its wings all day long. |
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Creator: Mark Tilden Found at: Solarbotics Bot name: Magbot Description: This is one of the original "Tilden" magbot butterflys, which has been featured on several TV programs. |
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Creator: Mark Tilden Found at: Solarbotics Bot name: Magbot Description: Mark Tilden's Butterfly -a-proof-of-concept that the Solarengine can be used to drive inductive loads other than motors. The implications are that otherdevices suitably propelled may be able to use solar power to navigate and propel themselves against earth's magnetic field. |
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Creator: Dave Web Site: Solarbotics Bot name: Solar Fly Description: My own Solar Fly - a window ornament that flaps wings every 10 minutes. An involved experience learning the finer points of construction. One thing to always remember - don't use MIG wire in high-stress locations - the copper cladding will rip off. |
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Creator: Richard Piotter Web Site: Richfiles Bot Name: Floor Monkey Description: The Floor Monkey is a Bicore driven robot. The Bicore is a 2 Nv loop. It uses the 74AC240, a driving, schmitt inverter chip. It uses a pair of photo diodes to bias the amount of turn per direction. The rear is a leg like device attached to a Maxon motor. The motor does not have enough drive for legs, so I salvaged them from MECI IV M and used it for this and for a future 4 segemnt, 3 motor snake. This robot is similar to a "head" which is a inary light seeking device that aims itself in the direction of the brightest light source. The diference here, is it simply sits on a floor or table and tumbles it's tail so the front faces the brightest light source. The obvious diference is that there is no stand. It simply sits on the floor. |
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Creator: Steve Web Site: Steve's Page Bot name: Maggy Description: This was an attempt at a butterfly with only one coil and the LM3909 SE. I got little magnets from Radio Shack, so I named her Maggy. |
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Creator: Jim Web Site: Jim's BEAM Page Bot Name: Spinner Description: |
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Creator: Jim Web Site: Jim's BEAM Page Bot Name: Carbot 3 Description: Carbot 3 is smaller than two and has the solar cell on the top rather than the bottom. He is designed to stick on the dashboard or rear shelf. The best part of this bot is that I salvaged the solar cell and cap from scraps in the trash. |