to see your creation take life. Congratulation!





There is a comprehensive debugging tutorial on Jerome's site, in French. A Google translation is here.

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what does the anttenea do Written by marco ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-01-29 18:40:00 what does the antena do?

the feelers Written by William on 2006-01-29 20:48:59 The feelers make the robot avoid obstacles.

HBridge? Written by Jeremy ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-02-15 16:58:43 Isnt this an hbridge, just of course, very basic? I like using a tutebot.. If you added capcitors and a variable resistor you will be able to make it turn around..

Written by wheels ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-02-24 15:35:34 can you add wheels

Written by Jerome Demers on 2006-02-28 12:35:05 hello,    yes you could say it look like the a h-bridge. The same principal.    If you want to add wheels, you need some motors with a gearbox on it. These motors use on the beetle robot spin to fast and a to weak to but a wheel on it. Use the Solarbotics.com motors GM8/9 or GM2/3 to make a robot using wheels. Solarbotics have a the combo deal, motor + wheels at a great price.

Written by crysthian ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-03-14 14:42:47 what is the middle wire. becuse i made one and it does not use the middle wires.

googlett Written by israel ali ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-05-08 12:24:51 what use is it in a house

Written by Chelsea ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-05-24 07:21:57 I was wondering if you made a shell for your bug robot

Written by Gom_Jabbar on 2006-05-26 16:15:06 YEs! I created one, and it works great! Thanks a lot for this tutorial! :D

it really works great!!!! Written by sunehra ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-05-31 11:25:55 I got it right n it was really nice to see it.

Written by giz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-06-09 14:21:05 It does not work correctly with me and i love electronics

WTF Written by DEMON ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-08-20 20:13:30 YOU DIDN"T LIST ALL OF THE MATERIALS NEEDED YOU FORGOT A SOLDER AND A GLUE GUN!!!

nice Written by rajasegar ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-09-16 01:18:54 IT is cool    ilike this type of simple modals

SPDT switches Written by Isaac ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2006-09-20 08:02:36 Pls in which gadget can i find an SPDT switch

Written by student 1 on 2006-10-29 17:06:50 the directions change in the middle of step 8  originally i needed 13 wires step 8 only showed 6

Written by Sam on 2006-10-30 13:10:03 Lots of fun, but my Tech Ed teacher was the one who made me do it.....

Written by unknown on 2006-11-01 10:32:09 holy cow this was hard to make the connections confused me so much

Written by ESSA on 2006-11-20 10:14:11 it was a little bit hard bacause of the solderen parts but anyhow i find it cool thanks alot

Turning around Written by shadow on 2006-12-01 11:09:35 In one of the previous posts it said what was needed to make it turn around, but could you write something to show how? Thanks so much!

? Written by michelle on 2006-12-04 18:35:37 just wondering how it moves.. i understand the battery but then what moves exactly?

Written by unknown on 2006-12-08 11:15:53 Do you need the pearl.

Thanks Written by Gargantua on 2007-01-08 19:53:51 Hi my name is Alan, im 15 years old and im from mexico i do the robot and was a succses than you very much bye.

Written by pepper on 2007-02-09 18:00:41 I haven't made this robot yet but it looks cool and fun to make. I will start making it this weekend, Thanks.

other Written by OLIVIA WILLIAMS on 2007-02-14 18:54:14 i wanted to know where you got your beetle cover from?

Written by nicola on 2007-05-10 21:46:03 the robot is soooo cool! the idea of the motors just moving alon the ground is genius!! i just wanted to tel you that i added small green LED's fr eyes, gave it a shell and made it so it can also go backward if both antenna are pushed. i love that the robot is so easy coz i can add so much extra to it and im only twelve!!

Written by marcus on 2007-05-29 19:37:32 Cool! I'm going to try it!

Written by jyoti on 2007-06-04 13:03:09 hi i saw it for the first time...  i'll start making it...  hope it's fun.if i make it this will b my first robot

Written by hassan on 2007-06-05 21:49:34 ahh .. yeah about this bettle of your's i won't call it a robot, because A robot is an electronic thing that can think on it's own. but this can't think on it's own.. No offence. nice bettle though

Written by amresh on 2007-07-06 22:01:56 cool...i need this stuff 2 start with...definitely goin to try it....if any one have a good project pls send me. i m 3rd year b.tech student....want to build a robot for my project....my id is....  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Written by Chee Beng on 2007-07-10 03:41:23 Thanks for the instructions to make the robot. I build one and it is fun to see it move about. I intend to build another one using a toy car.

Written by Agop on 2007-07-17 06:10:48 Sorry but I have a little problem with the beetle bot . My SPDT switches are too hard and the beetle can't activate them . can someone help me ?

Question Written by Ivan on 2007-07-17 11:03:19 I don't know why but the energy for the motors goes only to the right and the other spins slow . Because of that the robot turns around in a circle .     Ps. sorry for the bad English .

Written by Thomas on 2007-07-28 11:06:12 that one is like my mouse robot that i created

Thankyou Written by Joshua Sinkfield on 2007-07-28 15:15:37 Thanks for posting the article for building the beetle bot. I always wanted to build a robot and this could be it. Later I could go on to robots with microchips for their own brains. But for now thanks for the small amateurical tutorial.

Written by rakesh on 2007-09-07 22:06:26 what r the funtions that this beetle robot can do ?

IT IS VERY NICE AND USEFUL FOR EVERYONE Written by S.A.ABDUR RAZICK on 2007-09-21 22:35:30 THANKS FOR PUBLISHING YOUR ARTICLE ON BEETLE BOT SIR....MY AIM IS TO UILD A ROBOT...NOW I GOT A NEW IDEA FROM UR ARTICLE THANKYOU SO MUCH...

its awesome Written by timmy07 on 2008-01-07 18:59:11 thats alot! I built mine for a project and it actually works! one thing though, when both batteries are in the switches dont do anything, can you help, me figure out why?

Great for a class Written by Michael on 2008-02-11 12:30:38 I've been toying with the idea of using "Hex bugs" as a cheap platform for a robotics summer course. I am going to build a beetle bug instead. I think I've got the cost down to $22 for a beetle bot + microcontroller and all necessary to follow a line. Thanks for the great tutorial!

oh yeah!!! Written by ingrid on 2008-02-25 00:38:46 I MADE IT! I ACTUALLY MADE IT!! USING MY OWN PINK MANICURED HANDS, I MADE IT!!! :D three cheers for robotic bug thingies! i wont fail my physics project!!

its perfect for a beginner Written by sandeep chatterjee on 2008-03-03 08:52:50 It was really a cool and handy robot, especially for a begineer. Such simple designs are fantastic.

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