- Robot Petting Zoo Project Outline:
- Criteria (things your project must do):
- Use at least 1 motor or LED
- Use at least 1 sensor
- React when someone interacts with it
- Constraints (limits on your project):
- Use only supplies you have around you
- Limit the size of your project to about the size of a shoebox
- Criteria (things your project must do):
- Suggested supplies:
- Cardboard boxes or scraps
- Scissors or a cutting blade and cutting mat
- Masking tape or a hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
- Toilet paper tubes
- Styrofoam balls or packing peanuts
- Pipe cleaners
- Paper cups
- Paper plates
- Craft sticks
- Straws
- Rubber bands
- String
- Markers
Check out the original Robot Petting Zoo project here: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/hummingbirdbit/projects/robot-petting-zoo/
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- Learn some techniques to build with Hummingbird components in your project.
- View ideas for attaching Hummingbird components to your project here: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/hummingbirdbit/build/adding-hummingbird-components/
- See more building tips and tricks on the bottom of the Build page here: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/hummingbirdbit/build/
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- Take a look at some cardboard mechanisms you might use in your project.
- Crank mechanism
- Supplies: paperclip and cardboard
- Winch mechanism (eyes)
- Supplies: TP tube, marker
- See more mechanism tutorials on the top of the Build page here: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/hummingbirdbit/build/
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- Get some ideas for using sensors in your project.
- What do you need for each type of interaction?
- Pet Me sensor: light sensor, tape
- Feed Me sensor: light sensor, LED, tape, (optional: cup)
- Get Close sensor: distance sensor, tape
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- Learn to code a simple sensor interaction with an if-else statement, and to put a sequence inside an if-else statement.
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So you’ve built a Robot Petting Zoo project! What now?
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- Visit www.birdbraintechnologies.com/robotics at home for Hummingbird instructional courses, more project videos, and live webinars for students, parents, and teachers.
- Share on social media, and tag @birdbraintech, #hummingbirdkit, #robotpettingzoo, and/or #RPZ
- Email info@birdbraintechnologies.com with any questions or needs.
- Explore the resources on our site through the learning portal to build your OWN creation!
- Join our mailing list here: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/mailing-list
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