Bristlebot with One wheel

needs some balance adjustment

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• robot
• wheel
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• soldering
• electronics
• toy
• gadget
• one
• wheeled

[acalthu]

if only someone would make a bristlebot that steers.

[Bluenosedwill1]

i made one that sort of steers there is another vid out there of one made from an RC helicopter mechanism

[Zovex11]

It would be hard to make a bristlebot steer cause of the of-set driveshaft.  That's why they always turn in the direction the motor is spinning.

[Bluenosedwill1]

thats why i used an RC car motor, and controller, that way you can use backwards and forwards as left and right, it worked but needed a big ass brush

[Abraxas20012]

@Bluenosedwill1 remove the weight from a pager motor and use it as a motor for smaller wheels

[ioh528]

bastante bueno

[TheCongressman1]

No problem ;) I may have to do that as well. It just sounds too fun not to try.

[Zovex11]

Oh, that's actually a very good idea! I'll have to try it. Thanks!

[TheCongressman1]

You could use two motors that spin oppositely on each side, and power each one on or off to turn.

[acalthu]

Is there any possibility of using the bristles to propel a wheeled chassis? I remember having a toy hovercraft about 20 odd years ago which used the same principle to travel on the ground, and it had a motorized bullet with rudder you attached to the bottom of it when you wanted to play with it in the water.