How to make a Scribble bot (Art bot) – 5 easy steps with pictures and video
Scribbling is a form of drawing, done in hurry or carelessly, mostly by children. And a scribble bot or art bot is a simple machine that scribbles on a sheet of paper. This drawing bot can scribble on the sheet with single or multiple color pens and can deliver at least cool outcome, if not great.
This scribble bot can be one of the early stage projects for kids to start making robotic creations. It’s fun and science, both the together. This scribble bot draws on the paper because of the vibration caused by gearless motor.
The structure of A drawing bot can be made using cardboard, paper cup and other such material. Here we are going to make an easy scribble bot using a piece of cardboard. However, you can design the body in several ways to make it more attractive.
This blog will provide step by step instructions, photos and video to make our art bot – the scribble bot. This shall work as a lesson plan for teachers and schools training their students into robotics. At last we will also understand how this DIY drawing bot works.
Material required for scribble bot
Elements
Power Element – 1
Motor Element – 1
Accessories
Power bank with USB cable – 1
Gearless motor – 1
You can find All these accessories and elements in Havi’s DIY Robotics Starter Kit pack. And remember, you are not just getting a scribble bot kit but a pandora of endless creations when you buy these. But, if you wish to have the customized kit for making scribble bot only, you can contact us.
Cardboard
Sketch pen of different colors – 4
A piece of glue stick, around 2 cm long
Compass
Double-sided tape (DST)
Drawing sheet
How to make a scribble bot
Step 1
Take a 10 cm by 10 cm piece of strong cardboard. You can decorate the top of it as per your thoughts and choice.
Step 2
Use the compass to pierce one of the corners of the board. Keep the distance of 2-3 cm from both sides.
Try to make the hole a bit wider with the same compass. Do it carefully.
Do the same three more times for the other three corners and at the end, you will have 4 holes at all four corners.
Open the cap of one of the sketch pens and insert the nib into the hole. Widen the hole gradually and insert the sketch pen well into the hole. The board should hold the sketch pen tightly.
Do the same for the remaining 3 sketch pens and holes. The board should stand well with sketch pens as legs, like a table.
Make power – motor circuit and connect the power bank with power element and gearless motor with the motor element.
Insert the shaft of the gearless motor into the piece of the glue stick we have. Insert it to full. This is now your scribble bot motor.
Place and stick the scribble bot motor at the center of the cardboard using DST.
Your Scribble bot (Art bot) is ready. Take a drawing sheet and stick it on the floor. Place your Art bot on it at the center and turn the power button on. Your scribble bot will start drawing on the sheet in 4 colors.
The art bot is working on the principle of vibration. The piece of glue stick, connected with the gearless motor shaft, works as a load. The motor shaft rotates at speed along with the load.
Due to the load, the motor creates vibration and that vibrates the bot too. The art bot starts moving in random directions with the support of the sketch pen.
This is similar to how a phone makes sounds and moves on the table while it vibrates.
That’s it. Make it yourself now and share your designs with us.