Robot Workshop

So yesterday I spent most of the day building a robot. Actually a BEAMbot. Heres the wikipedia link. I've built only one before and it was a kit that I got from Pagermotors.com. I call him patches cause I had to cover one of his "eyes" with modeling clay to get the proper behavior out of him. That was until I realized that I could get the same result by messing with the 100k pot. Here's a picture of 'Patches'.
Cute hunh?

This new robot it a "herbie" type. It chases light but with out the solar panel. Also when I get done with it it will have an object avoidance circuit built in. In other words when it runs into something it will back up and then go on its way. O.K. I keep calling it, "it", well last night I came up with a name.... A.t.C. . The robots body is an Altoids tin/can, so A.t.= Altoids and C.= Can. I thought it was clever. Last night I got to the point that I have to wait for the part I ordered to come through the mail.

So here's what I have so far. That's the inside, with what I was able to get finished.

That little black speck is the "brains" of the robot. Hehe I got to do brain surgery last night.
This is what it will look like, for the most part, when I'm done.
So yeah I should get my order by Friday, so I should have A.t.C. done by the following Friday. I'll keep pictures so you can see my progress. Also I ordered another kit when I bought the piece that I'm waiting for. Why pay $6 for shipping on a $3 part right? So I'll also be building a solar roller. Here's the kit. Solarroller Kit #2 I'll keep you all updated with progress on that one too.
Bye