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Info: Mad Flagella is a turbot unlike any other because it has three legs and not two like most. Brian Fields, the man who ran the online competition that I entered "Mad Flagella" into, said he has never heard of a three motor turbot before and that he has been in BEAM for a good many years. This robot's body is the motors their selves. The motors are glued together with two ton epoxy glue. The circuit and the 9vs are held on with double sided foam tape. Two 9v batteries power this robot. One 9v is to run the motors and the other 9v is for running the control electronics which is a monostable timer that activates a relay which runs the motors when the trigger sets the circuit on. The trigger is a push button switch. The circuit is freestyle. The legs are made from 10 gauge wire from solarbotics.com and walker motor plates to hold them onto the GM8s. I had to twist wire through the holding plates to hold the legs on and then use two ton epoxy to make sure it was held on strong. The circuit is made up of a monostable timer which is constructed from a NE555 timer ic, 3300mF electrolytic capacitor, two 1K resistors hooked in series for a total for 2K ohms, a 22K resistor, and a push button switch. Also the relay is a DPDT 6v relay which is operated by the monostable to turn the motor on and off. And wire for connections. The operation of the robot is when the button is pressed the robot flops around chaotically for about one minute and then cuts off. |
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