LEGO Insect Robots - LEGO EngineeringLEGO Insect Robots Crawl, slither, flap, burrow, wriggle, spin,...

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LEGO Insect Robots Crawl, slither, flap, burrow, wriggle, spin, or squirm? Explore the movement of insects and other creatures by building a LEGO robot inspired by nature. Here are some ideas to help you get started, but feel free to come up with your own creation! Attaching motors

Transcript of LEGO Insect Robots - LEGO EngineeringLEGO Insect Robots Crawl, slither, flap, burrow, wriggle, spin,...

Page 1: LEGO Insect Robots - LEGO EngineeringLEGO Insect Robots Crawl, slither, flap, burrow, wriggle, spin, or squirm? Explore the movement of insects and other creatures by building a LEGO

LEGO Insect Robots Crawl,slither,flap,burrow,wriggle,spin,orsquirm?

ExplorethemovementofinsectsandothercreaturesbybuildingaLEGOrobotinspiredbynature.

Herearesomeideastohelpyougetstarted,butfeelfreetocomeupwithyourowncreation!

Attaching motors

Page 2: LEGO Insect Robots - LEGO EngineeringLEGO Insect Robots Crawl, slither, flap, burrow, wriggle, spin, or squirm? Explore the movement of insects and other creatures by building a LEGO

Crawling

Page 3: LEGO Insect Robots - LEGO EngineeringLEGO Insect Robots Crawl, slither, flap, burrow, wriggle, spin, or squirm? Explore the movement of insects and other creatures by building a LEGO

Rolling

Flapping

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Running your robot

One motor Two motors

ConnectthemotortoPortA ConnectthemotorstoPortsAandD

Runeither…Forward_A

orReverse_A

Runeither…Forward_A_and_D

orReverse_A_and_D

Small parts used

References Bratzel,B.(2014),“STEMbyDesign:TeachingwithLEGOMINDSTORMSEV3”

Isogawa,Y.(2014),“TheLEGOMINDSTORMSEV3IdeaBook”

http://www.LEGOengineering.com/

http://www.LEGOeducation.com.au/

RobTorok,November2014