Where did the idea come from?

The insperation for the Junkbots project came from reading the seminal book Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels by Dave Hrynkiw and Mark W Tilden. In this book they discussed turning electrical 'junk' into some very interesting robots - and sneaking in some very interesting engineering challenges and principles.

A sample chapter can be found here looking at producing a solar powered motored 'bug'.

The robots built within the JunkBots project are simpler but the principles are the same. If you are interested in this area this book is a must read.

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junkbots 3 - bring it all together

Junkbots session 3: Move the robot but now there are rocks in the way. This is the last of three posts - Introduction and sequence - Loops and just having fun - This one: Making decisions and bringing it all together. What is the Junkbots project The Junkbots project has been running for a number of years as an initiative to bring sustainability, computing and engineering together by building bots out of junk; details of the project can be found at. https://junkbots.blogspot.com/ . Junkbots is an extension of the Research into the teaching problem-solving going on at the University of Northampton please feel to visit https://computingnorthampton.blogspot.com/2019/01/problem-solving-research-outputs-and.html for more details. What are we going to do? · Play with a Scratch robot on the screen! · Build on the routines from the previous session. · ...

Junkbot Raspberry Pi: 2 Raspberry Pi Junkbot in action

First video of a junkbot being controlled by a Raspberry Pi. The bot was developed by Hayden Tetley and Scott Turner. Hayden's time was paid for through the Nuffield Research Placements Scheme ( http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/nuffield-research-placements ). Next post will provide further details on how this was done. If you would like to know more about the Junkbots project contact scott.turner@northampton.ac.uk

Junkbot videos - Hayley's work

A collection of videos from Hayley Stevenson's junkbots work including insect-like robots And here is what it drew: Taken from: http://junkbots-hayleystevenson.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html Taken from: http://junkbots-hayleystevenson.blogspot.com/2011/08/day-9-fan-racer-comes-to-life.html Junkbots and lego robots combined: taken from: http://junkbots-hayleystevenson.blogspot.com/2011/08/day-18-my-last-day.html Here is the video summarising her work: Taken from: http://junkbots-hayleystevenson.blogspot.com/2011/08/update-video-montage.html

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