Make a bristlebot (toothbrush robot, get it?)

Make a bristlebot (toothbrush robot, get it?)

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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WonderDude Mike (59) 1 year ago
I knew someone would come up with a use for old pagers, VIBRATE ON!
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Amie Coué Arbuckle (-2) 1 year ago
and old toothbrushes!
this is way cool
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REKTAL (1) 1 year ago
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) 1 year ago
genius..love the idea..now all i need is a pager...
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cyberpageman (-1) 11 months ago
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 (-6) 9 months ago
cool
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henry_nguyen 9 months ago
thank you!
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ZEGA 8 months ago
very nice idea! :)
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eXoCheaterz (5) 7 months ago
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 (5) 7 months ago
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 (5) 7 months ago
AND YES, IT REALY WORKS!
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kent08_ian 3 months ago
can you give me the article on hoe to do this one?????
i'm very interested to make this............
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