Microbit Crawling Robot Activity

Check your components


Table of Contents

  1. Build a 2-legged crawling robot usng a BBC Microbit.
  2. Check your components
  3. Assemble the robot
  4. Coding
  5. Make the kit

Check your components

First check you have all the components.  If you are attending a Think Create Learn or Girls Into Coding event you should have been given a kit containing the following items:

BBC Microbit

Microbit

Crickit Board

Crickit Board

Battery Box + 3 AA Batteries

Battery

Robot Body

The body has 2 servo motors and grey plastic connectors attached. It also as 4 white plastic bolts sticking upwards.

Warning! Do not turn the servo motors with your hands. You can easily damage them.

Body

Robot Head

Head

Antennae

Antennae

Wooden Beads (for eyes)

Eyes

Spring and Bead (for tail)

Tail

Thigh Joints, with Servo Motors Attached

Warning! Do not turn the servo motors with your hands. You can easily damage them.

Thigh joints

Front Legs

Front legs

Rear Legs

Rear legs

2x M3 Plastic Nuts

Plastic nuts

7x M6 Nuts and Bolts

M6 nuts and bolts

2x M3 Metal Nuts and Bolts

M3 nuts and bolts

USB Cable

USB cable

Elastic Band

Elastic band

Blue-Tak

Parts blutak

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Table of Contents

  1. Build a 2-legged crawling robot usng a BBC Microbit.
  2. Check your components
  3. Assemble the robot
  4. Coding
  5. Make the kit
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