Let's make a Mini Robot

I have seen plenty of these on YouTube and wanted to make my own. KipKay does a good one and this is virtually a straight copy, the main difference is that I use salvaged parts from an old remote control, an old mouse, and a couple of cheap toothbrushes. I did find that the batteries need to be good ones as both motors run off the same single AA battery when going forward or backwards and with the cheap motors I used this quickly drains cheap batteries. The switches take quite a lot of abuse so you make prefer to bolt them in place rather than use hot glue. I have noticed mine are beginning to split apart so I will probably bolt them down. This is another one I looked at https://youtu.be/a7SJiBc8bpo Here are a couple more of mine https://youtu.be/VMdCq1O6niI https://youtu.be/_mOzmFLpk20 I have included the wiring diagram at the end of the video. The components are: 2 small electric motors - 1.5 volts ideally 1 flat strip of metal to mount the motors 2 SPDT switches (Single pole, double throw) The full description of these types of switches is:- Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) Type, 1NO + 1NC Contact, Momentary Action, Lever Arm Actuator, 3-Pin Terminals. You can probably salvage these from old electrical goods or if you can wait order them cheap from eBay 2 AA batteries 1 battery holder (for 2 AA batteries) 1 length of connecting wire 3 medium paperclips 1 small wheel or a plastic bead Some heatshrink tubing would be helpful for making the wheels on the motors I didn't have any and had to improvise. Optionally you may choose to add an on/off switch to save the batteries when not in use. Tools:- Soldering Iron Solder Hot Glue Gun Wire cutters/nippers Pliers Here is a selection of related playlists Electronic projects https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB00lxaX8BD46F1QDJTe7Em4 Crawlerbots and Robots playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0ypbT8Tr-CZfXPIiaOHUlL Simple electronic projects playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0qd7Hrqoc3II0OU-bx64TA Simple projects playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2HXSqJPl6Kv9J_pHHp4cIF Electric Toy Cars playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0yTUYmJSS3ML5xxaBzHl3e My Channel page https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan Oldest videos https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?flow=grid&view=0&sort=da Most Popular https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=p&flow=grid&view=0 Newest videos https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=dd&view=0&flow=grid Playlists https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/playlists?flow=grid&view=1 I have thousands of videos on YouTube, to find one try my search guides https://youtu.be/ceBSOoOHcgw or https://youtu.be/Zj4UgwkwYRk My "GrandadsOtherChannel" channel is generally where I will host the videos that give extra detail or longer versions of the videos I post on my main channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2mp_L8RoxMyw3ewwSecZ6Q Facebook https://www.facebook.com/grandadisanoldman/ Merchandise - Check both of these links if you are interested as the prices will vary and the shipping charges will be different. http://www.redbubble.com/people/grandadiaom/portfolio http://grandadisanoldman.cottoncart.com/