Micro:Bob

We've build a couple of those robots at the Europython, thanks to everyone who worked on that! We also managed to come up with an improvement to the fragile knees this robot has. Instead of gluing those small rectangles of foamed pvc to the servo horns, simply melt the horn's plastic with a lighter and fuse them together. Makes them much stronger!

Here's an exploded view of the robot:

And here are the electric connections:

I was asked to re-make Micro:Bob for an upcoming conference (the original travels the world with the Micro:bit World Tour, and its exact location is at the moment unknown). Inspired by #TyroBot I decided to make a robot that has a more robot-ey shape -- looks like the ones in the old TV programs, or comic books.

The electronics and software didn't change so far (OK, I added LEDs for the eyes), it's mostly about the looks.

I also took photos as I went this time, so you can see the whole build process, and maybe have some insight in how I make the design decisions as I go.