Here’s a project I did this Christmas. It’s the “Gift of Robot Invasion” LED Christmas Tree Ornament from The Best of Instructables, Volume 1. The bot is made out of copper plumbing parts, scrap circuit board, dead transistors for hands, the bottom of a beer can (for the bot’s satellite dish) and paper clips. The circuit is a solar cell, rechargeable batteries (made into a backpack on the bot’s back), a flashing LED, a resistor, diode, and a 3904 transistor. This little guy hangs around soaking up the sun’s rays all day, and then when the sun goes down, he surreptitiously blinks messages back to his robot overlords in some galaxy far, far away.
My evil little bot is also sending another not-so-subtle message, as he waves the flag of the Maker Shed Gift Certificate. Your gift recipient can use this gift certificate to help fund his/her own robot invasion. And ultimately, isn’t that what the holidays are all about?
The original Instructable can be found here.
Find more roboty goodness here:
Holiday Gift Guide: Robots!
Also from the Maker Shed:
Best Of Instructables
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