Description
- Herbie the Mousebot: Red
- Loves to chase flashlight beams
- Battery power: 9-volt
- Requires tools and soldering
The Herbie the Mousebot (Red) is a 9-volt battery-powered light-following robot that loves to chase flashlight beams. This little robot is so quick, you have to run to keep up to it.
The Solarbotics Herbie the Mousebot has been enhanced with functional whisker and tail sensors, so it doesn't get stuck in corners or under obstacles while chasing around. If there are several Herbies in the same area, they can be even configured to chase each other.
It comes as a build-it-yourself kit that does not use any microprocessors or programming, all the parts and some excellent documentation will be supplied to put it together. The instructions contain many pictures and simple descriptions to make the building process easy and fun, especially for beginners. Free phone/email technical support to help you to complete your project will be provided.
The Solarbotics Herbie the Mousebot originally invented by Randy Sargent. It was built from spare parts as an entry for a robot competition. It is such an elegant, clever design using very few parts, it's been featured as a construction project in "MAKE" Magazine.
A portion of each sale is donated to the "KISS Institute for Practical Robotics", a not-for-profit organization that uses educational robotics programs to actively engage students in science, technology, engineering, math and project management. This is an organization Randy (Herbie's "Dad") is involved with.
- 1x Herbie the Mousebot (Red)
- Soldering Required: Yes
- Tools Required: Yes
- Kit Difficulty: 3/5
- Kit Completion Time: 2 hrs
Sans blague notre chat donnerait 6 étoiles. Ce kit est bien pensé et simple à monter, surtout si vous n'êtes pas novice en matière de soudure. Le seul défi est les moustaches. Ce sont en fait des interrupteurs momentanés qui activent le mouvement inverse et DOIVENT avoir un dégagement autour des 2 trous du PCB pour que le petit robot fonctionne correctement. Notre chat est généralement blasé avec n'importe quel jouet mais devient fou de Herbie.
As of this writing, Herbie the Robot is my least favorite child. My son (age 11) and I have been building him (on our second try now, after having successfully completed 2 other soldering projects) and we got to the last step and realized we had installed an incorrect part at the start of our project. We're now trying to correct the mistake, but it's going to require at least one replacement part. This is an intermediate project, in my book. On the plus side, the directions are written so my son can understand (even though we did goof on installing similar looking parts!) and we're looking forward to the fun. If you don't have a fair amount of soldering and electrical experience, I'd stay away.
It was fun putting this together, This is the first time that we have tried to do something as this. We want to try and built another one and have them chase each other.
Au moment de la rédaction de cet article, Herbie le robot est mon enfant le moins préféré. Mon fils (11 ans) et moi l'avons construit (à notre deuxième essai maintenant, après avoir mené à bien 2 autres projets de soudage) et nous en sommes arrivés à la dernière étape et nous avons réalisé que nous avions installé une pièce incorrecte au début de notre projet. Nous essayons maintenant de corriger l'erreur, mais il faudra au moins une pièce de rechange. C'est un projet intermédiaire, dans mon livre. Du côté positif, les instructions sont écrites pour que mon fils puisse comprendre (même si nous avons réussi à installer des composants similaires!) Et nous sommes impatients de nous amuser. Si vous ne maîtrisez pas suffisamment l'expérience de la soudure et de l'électricité, je resterais à l'écart.
C'était amusant de mettre cela ensemble, c'est la première fois que nous essayons de faire quelque chose comme ça Nous voulons essayer d’en construire un autre et qu’ils se poursuivent.
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