Make: Robot Build Contest – Entry #1

I wasn’t originally going to take part in the Robot Build Contest at Make: Magazine’s blog, but over the weekend I found a Tamiya gearbox at the local RC hobby store and my creativity was sparked!  So now I have the gearbox with two little motors, a set of LEGO Mindstorms tank treads I ordered which came today, and an Arduino that I already had.  And of course, I have CDs to use for the body of the robot – a requirement of the contest.

I’ll be updating my progress here.  I imagine I may have got myself into a bit of a design bind, what with gather my parts first and then designing the thing second, but I think I’ll be okay.  Expect proud pictures of, if nothing else, a small pile of parts and some half-coneceived drawings.

Best get to work, too!  I’m behind everyone else!