Headed over to Radioshack for a few tools and parts to make some robots… it’s a secret passion of mine and I wanted to spend a little cash (less than $50 actually) to get some tools and put together some robots I have had laying around…
Then I saw this little guy, a Hex Bug…
He’s pretty neat! For $10 he walks along, has feelers that are bump sensors, and has a sound sensor on his rear that he reacts to… That’s a pretty powerful package for $10! Couldn’t resist…
So I got all of the tools that I needed and headed back home and built this:
This is a trimet (from Make Magazine Volume 6) that is powered by a solar engine… Kinda cool. Took me about 45 minutes to fit everything together and make it nice and neat… The bugger really takes off in direct Texas sun! That’s for sure!
Yeah… my little treat for myself on a Friday!