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Make a bristlebot (toothbrush robot, get it?) Length 3:03
Curated 5/9/08
Updated 12/10/09 Hosted by 5min.com
Creator's Site www.evilmadscientist.com

The BristleBot is a simple and tiny robot with an agenda. The ingredients? One toothbrush, a battery, and a pager motor. The result? Serious fun. The BristleBot is our take on the popular vibrobot, a simple category of robot that is controlled by a single vibrating (eccentric) motor.

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Mike Goedecke (161) 2/27/08 10:35 PM
I knew someone would come up with a use for old pagers, VIBRATE ON!
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Coue (4) 3/12/08 11:31 AM
and old toothbrushes!
this is way cool
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REKTAL (3) 8/9/08 6:27 AM
So simple and so much fun. This one is a stress reliever, when you have a worktable with a little fence on the edges, so the robot doesn't fall to the ground and get eaten by a cat.
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fight4fun (1) 9/30/08 3:27 PM
genius..love the idea..now all i need is a pager...
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cyberpageman 12/16/08 11:13 AM
Beautiful, simple. I made a brush motor out of a fingernail brush and small dc motor with a weight for a physics class I taught. But it wasn't as elegant as this.
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zimzamy (-7) 2/19/09 7:40 PM
cool
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henry_nguyen (1) 2/20/09 6:16 AM
thank you!
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ZEGA (1) 3/9/09 12:09 PM
very nice idea! :)
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eXoCheaterz (7) 4/26/09 10:11 PM
I hafe taken a large pager motor out off my gamecube controller and i don't know where to fit it on...
please respond if you have a idea!!
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eXoCheaterz (7) 4/26/09 11:16 PM
There is a pager motor in
gamecube controller
p2 controller
xbox 360 controller
and much more..!
but they are slightly bigger,
so what you wanna do is
mount it on 2 heads (toothbrush)
and then you use a bigger battery and your done!
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eXoCheaterz (7) 4/26/09 11:16 PM
AND YES, IT REALY WORKS!
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kent08_ian 8/29/09 2:53 AM
can you give me the article on hoe to do this one?????
i'm very interested to make this............
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SorathsDaughter (4) 12/9/09 4:10 PM
Call me crazy, but that is so cute!
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ChristianFredrikMyrengHaugland 12/21/10 2:16 PM
How do you add the copper wire to the pager motor?
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Robotmaniac Robotmaniac 1/4/11 10:41 AM
where can i find a pager motor???i really wanna make on!!
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