Robots are made to go and do what humans either can not, or do not want to do.
They are used in hundreds of ways from exploring Mars, to working tirelessly on a manufacturing line, to providing companionship.
Not to mention they make great movie characters!
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Learn how to blink an external LED connected to an Arduino digital I/O pin using the digitalWrite command. See our complete playlist of Arduino tutorials here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlBVuTSjOrclb0iCMSRpS_H1lSrlSVeEm and the Science Buddies website for cool science projects you can do with an Arduino:…
3D print a frame for your own DIY mini drone in this fun activity! Tinkercad files are available for the frames featured in this video: https://www.tinkercad.com/users/5XoXdAMsSMS (NOTE: you need to create a Tinkercad account and log in in order to see and download the models).
To learn how to build a popsicle stick version of the drone and control its motion, check out the other videos in this series:
Part 1: Build Your Drone | https://youtu.be/Q-BluEJBHLw
Part 2: Altitude Control Circuit |…
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Learning how to use an Arduino is a great way to get started with electronics and programming. This video series will guide you through setting up an Arduino, programming it, and building circuits so you have all the knowledge you need to do your own cool programming projects. See our complete playlist of Arduino tutorials here:…
Make a robotic gripper from a single sheet of paper in this fun engineering project! Instructions including hand-cut and laser-cut template files are available here:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Robotics_p053.shtml?ytid=a9Nn3ppWhK0&ytsrc=description
If you are a teacher, we also have a classroom lesson plan version of the project available here:…
If you're ready to move beyond our basic origami robotic gripper design (https://youtu.be/a9Nn3ppWhK0), try out this advanced version! This one requires more intricate cuts and folds, but the resulting mechanism keeps the finger surfaces parallel to each other as they move! You can cut the template out by hand, but a laser cutter or vinyl cutter will make the job faster. The template is available for download from the Variations section of the project on our website:…
Instructions and materials for these 6th grade science and engineering projects are available on our website:
1. Robot Hand: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Robotics_p001/robotics/drinking-straw-robot-hand?ytid=Z95keYR60CY&ytsrc=description
2. Electromagnet: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Elec_p035/electricity-electronics/strength-of-an-electromagnet?ytid=Z95keYR60CY&ytsrc=description
3. Slime:…
Materials and instructions for each project:
1. AI Tic Tac Toe: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/ArtificialIntelligence_p013/artificial-intelligence/min-max-tic-tac-toe?ytid=Dq0lBn15q5U&ytsrc=description
2. Mini drone: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Robotics_p038/robotics/drone-programming-arduino?ytid=Dq0lBn15q5U&ytsrc=description
3. Electrolyte challenge:…
Materials and instructions for each project:
1. Automatic pill dispenser: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Elec_p105/electricity-electronics/automatic-pill-dispenser?ytid=jnnhsJLBTOw&ytsrc=description
2. Automatic dog door: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Elec_p104/electricity-electronics/magnetic-pet-door?ytid=jnnhsJLBTOw&ytsrc=description
3. Marble roller coaster:…
Materials and instructions for each project:
1. Self-driving car: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Robotics_p042/robotics/arduino-self-driving-car?ytid=RbzVx3ycceY&ytsrc=description
2. Automatic dog door: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Elec_p104/electricity-electronics/magnetic-pet-door?ytid=RbzVx3ycceY&ytsrc=description
3. Ion wind rotor:…
This video shows 10 fun robotics projects for kids. Visit our website for easy-to-follow, kid-friendly instructions and a list of materials required to build each robot.
Artbot: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Robotics_p014/robotics/build-art-bot?ytid=qkXEqcjkoiM&ytsrc=description
Bumper bot: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Robotics_p028/robotics/obstacle-avoiding-robot?ytid=qkXEqcjkoiM&ytsrc=description
Junkbot:…
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