The most adorable little robot in the world

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This is my cute little R/C bristlebot. The concept and electronics are based on my first R/C 'bot, http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12964/ This guy is much neater looking, though, and the circular shape is to allow it to spin when it bumps into obstacles. Bristlebots can't back up, so this is important. The bot is surprisingly fast and exeedingly adorable. The circular shape didn't really work, though--I need to make the shell come down almost to the ground to keep the bristles from catching on stuff as it tries to turn. Still, it scoots around the floor really well, and if you just turn on one motor and let it spin for a bit, it'll eventually go into this crazy 5 hz spin. I'm lovin it! Dig it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T493fRskCPA Instructions When you make this sucker, don't be shy about hot gluing your motors in place. You can tell a poorly mounted motor by ear--it's noisy. A well-mounted motor is transferring all its vibrations silently to the bristles. A good glue job makes a very noticeable difference. I printed my shell out of ABS, but if you made it out of clear PLA, you might be able to keep the IR sensor inside the 'bot and make it even better looking. As it was, I hacked my shell up so I could hang my unwieldly electronics out the back and expose the IR sensor.