
Home Made Robot
L has attempted a few robots over the years. We even made him a robot costume once. We tend to use whatever we have at home but L wanted a robot that actually moved! We found out about the Make Shop in town run by Trinity College. You can book a slot and they will work with you to create a robot out of easily available materials. Unfortunately they have since closed but you can easily order a basic motor and battery pack online. We used a nail brush as the base of our robot and stuck the motor and battery pack onto the base with a glue gun. We then added other features using whatever materials we had.
L eventually took the robot apart – as he does with most things – but some time later we heard of a ‘make your own robot competition’ in our local library encouraging kids to use recycled materials to make robots so L reinvented his robot using the same motor and battery pack but different materials from around the house and he was one of the prize winners!

Kitchen Science!

K2 Alpacas
You May Also Like

Arklow Maritime Museum
11 March 2021
Go Fly A Kite!
18 March 2021