30-Minute Robotics Projects

Help with Finding Materials and Kits for Building Your Robots

We know it isn't always easy to find the right motors, wires and batteries to build cool robots. So, we've taken the guess work out of the shopping by providing purchasing links to the most specialized parts for each of the activities and robots in the the 30-Minute Robotics Projects book.

• LED Stickies
  
  
  • Assorted LEDs
  • 2032 coin cell batteries
  • Magnetic tape
• Light-Up Paper Circuits
  
  
  • Copper tape
  • 2032 coin cell batteries
  • LEDs
• Bristlebot
  
  
  • Kit available; also builds Art Bot and Junk Bot
• Art Bot
  
  
  • Kit available; also builds Bristlebot and Junk Bot
• Junkbot
  
  
  • Kit available; also builds Bristlebot and Art Bot
• Dancing Robot
  
  
  • Geared DC motors
  • 3xAA battery holder
  • Mini breadboard
• Underwater Robot
  
  
  • 3-volt DC motor
  • Assorted LEDs
  • Self-setting rubber
  • 2032 coin cell batteries
  • Heat-shrink tubing
  • Magnetic tape

Build More Cool Robots with these Science Projects

Did you love building and playing with the robots in the 30-Minute Robotics Projects book? Are you ready to build some slightly more sophisticated robots with cool behaviors? Great! Give these robotics projects a try:

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  Make this solar powered robot. Do the solar panels give it enough power to move quickly or is battery best?
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  Mold a soft robot out of silicone then power it with air. What can you pick up with your flexible squishy robot?
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  Build this bot then lead it along with a light-beam leash. How well can you and your robot navigate a maze?
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  Hard wire this robot to guard your treasures. Can you fine tune the onboard motion detector to keep thieves away?

Searching for a science project that is just perfect for you? Browse our STEM Activities.

Love Robots— Find Out About Robot Related Science and Engineering Careers

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  Robotics engineers design and build robots to help with manufacturing, search and rescue, help the handicapped and more!
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  Robotics technicians install, fix, and keep robots running in all sorts of places from manufacturing plants to Mars.
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  Mechanical engineers design the systems that allows robots to move - which includes everything from flying to running.
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  Software engineers write the code that connects a robot's sensors to its limbs or other outputs like speech or lights.

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