Tin Can Robot

TIN CAN ROBOT 

• INTRODUCTION
  

First of all, we need to prepare all the contents such as 4 body rings, 1 short leg, 1 long leg, 2 gripper hands, 2 straw attachments, 2 terminal caps, 4 bolts and nuts, the screws, 1 toy motor with gear, 2 moving eyes, 1 axle with gear and 2 plastic feet, 1 motor/axle cover, 2 bendy straws, 1 battery casing with cover and wires and 1 body plate.

• PROCEDURE

This is the body plate.

As the beginning, insert 2 body rings to the body plate.

Secondly, fit the battery case with the switch near the gear housing. Then, gently thread the wires through the two smaller square holes in the body plate. The black wire goes through the right-hand hole, and the red wire through the left-hand hole.

After that, lower the battery case onto the body plate so that the pegs in the battery case slot into the holes in the body plate. Be careful not to trap the wires between the case and body plate. Fix the battery case in place with two screws but do not put a battery in the case yet.

Next, gently thread the wires from the motor through the square holes in the body casing. Thread the red wire through the right-hand hole and the black wire `through the left-hand hole.Slot the motor into the motor housing.

 The Axle with The Plastic Feet + Some Cooking Oil

 Lubricate the gears with cooking oil or you may substitute it with the grease. Later, put the axle into the axle housing so that it lies in the cut-outs in the top of housing. The gear wheel on the axle should interlock with the worm gear on the motor shaft.

DIAGRAM 1

DIAGRAM 2

DIAGRAM 3

  Afterwards, drop the motor/axle cover over the motor and axle and push it down onto the four pegs on the body plate. Fix the cover in place with four screws. And you will get the result as shown in diagram 3.

The next step, you need to connect the wires from the battery to the wires from the motor. Push the red wire from the motor and the black wire from the battery case into one of the metal eyelets. Press a terminal cap into the eyelet to keep the wires in place. Put the black wire from the motor and red wire from the battery case into the other eyelet. Add the other terminal cap.

 To complete the body rings, take a body ring and position it over the body ring that is attached at the motor case end of the body plate. Align the holes in the two rings and insert two bolts into the holes. Put nuts on the bolts and tighten them. For your information, this is the body ring at the down part of the body plate.

 Then, repeat the latest step for the other body ring that should be at the upper part of the body plate, but this time put a straw attachment on the bolt before inserting it into the rings.

Soon, it will look like this.

The diagram shown is the long leg that is located at the top of the body plate. Push the long leg onto the peg under the battery case, and secure with a screw.

Push the short leg onto the peg on the outside of the body ring nearest the axle. Secure with a screw.

Later, push a bendy straw onto each straw attachment on the body ring. Next, push a gripper hand onto the other end of each straw.

The Moving Eye and The Wire

Place a ring on one end of a wire into a peg on one eye base plate. Then, attach the wire to the eye plate with a screw. Repeat for the other eye.

Using screws, attach the other ends of the wires to the pegs on the end of the body plate near the battery case. And, it'll look as the picture shown.

Almost to the end, insert a 'AA' 1.5 volt battery into the battery case. If the motor runs, flick the switch to turn it off. Attach the battery case cover with a screw.

Lastly, slide an empty, clean tin can into the body rings. You may need to loosen the nuts on the rings to get the can in. Tighten them again afterwards.

Let us watch the final result, THE MOVING TIN CAN ROBOT !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=920rJUKOx5c


- Nur Afiqah Shahmina