Flipperbot
FlipperBot is a small robot with a curious locomotion style that can be built from a few simple 3D-printed parts and readily available components. You can try a variety of controllers to learn how that affects the robot's behavior.
- Creator
- Year
- 2018
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
Did you know?
Since each side is completely independent, motor variation can cause them to get out of sync resulting in all manner of odd gaits.
Specs
- Overview
Based on Adafruit's CRICKIT robotics interface board. Bluetooth controller. Driven via a smartphone app. Easy connection of a variety of additional sensors and actuators.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2018
- Website
- Width
- 16 cm
- Height
- 12 cm
- Length
- 19.5 cm
- Weight
- 0.551 kg
- Speed
- 0.714 km/h
- Sensors
Basic model has no sensors but allows for expansions.
- Actuators
Two TT Motor All-Metal Gearbox dc motors (Adafruit part 3802)
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 2
- Compute
Options include Adafruit Circuit Playground Express, BBC Micro:bit, any Adafruit Feather.
- Power
6600-mAh lithium-polymer battery pack with 5-V boost/charge board. Approximate 20 minutes of operation moving the robot.
- Cost
- $90 (approximately)
