Insectoid Robotic Insect Electronic Kit ML212
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Robotic insect electronic kit
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Insectoid robotic insect will chirrup, flash it's LED eyes, and twitch it's antennae! You teach it how to behave with the included
whistle! Build and train your own robot insect pet with this fun and educational electronic kit from MadLab!
Insectoid - Blinking and Chirruping Robotic Insect Electronic Kit
Testing the Insectoid robotic insect
1. Connect the battery. Your Insectoid robotic insect should chirrup once.
2. Remove the battery then reconnect it with the infra-red sensor (IR) near a light. The eyes (LED1 and LED2) should light up.
3. Remove the battery then reconnect it this time with the infra-red sensor in the dark. The eyes should remain off.
4. Give a single short blast on the whistle. The eyes should flash rapidly a few times.
5. Insectoid twitches its antennae whenever it chirrups. The degree of movement of the antennae depends very much on the weight at the
ends. Adjust the pieces of Blu-Tack by adding or removing small amounts until the greatest movement is obtained. Note however that the movement of the
antennae is quite subtle, at most a couple of millimeters.
6. If your Insectoid has behaved like this then it is working properly. You are now ready to train your Insectoid.
Training the Insectoid Robotic Insect
The behavior of Insectoid in response to light can be modified. Its actions of chirruping and lighting its eyes can
be independently altered.
The whistle is used to train Insectoid. Blowing the whistle teaches it not to do something. In other words the whistle
acts as a punishment. For example, if Insectoid has just chirruped and you wanted it to be quiet then blow the whistle. Insectoid will flash its eyes a few
times to acknowledge that it has understood and from then onwards will be less likely to chirrup. If, on the other hand, you did want it to chirrup then blow
the whistle when it's silent and it will learn to chirrup more in the future.
Insectoid needs to be taught quite a few times before the training completely takes effect. It will
slowly change its behavior and will do the undesired action less and less often. Keep blowing the whistle until your Insectoid behaves as you want it to. When fully trained
Insectoid will stop flashing its eyes in response to the whistle.
For example, you could train your Insectoid to light its eyes in the dark and chirrup in sunlight. Or alternatively, to
light its eyes during the day and chirrup at night. More realistically you could teach it to sleep during the day and to only come alive at night.
Note that the infra-red sensor is only sensitive to 'hot' light sources. Ordinary light bulbs or sunlight will work but fluorescent
lighting will not.
Insectoid robotic insect will forget its training when the battery is removed, so to reset it simply disconnect the battery.
Friend or foe
Insectoid will recognize others of its own species (it recognizes the chirrup). If it thinks another Insectoid is a rival then it
will threaten it.
Kit Specifications
- Insectoid robotic insect PCB dimensions 4" x 1.5" (10.16cm x 3.81cm)
- Power supply 9V battery (not included)
- Insectoid robotic insect electronic kit assembly is required
- A really great educational gift !
Kit Price
Insectoid robotic insect electronic kit ML212 is economically priced at:
Only $ 26.95 + shipping!
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