Project: Make a Swarm of Gliding Vibrobots
What Is a Vibrobot?
A vibrobot, or vibrating robot, is a primitive bot that moves due to the shaking of a rotating eccentric (off-center) weight, usually a vibrating motor.
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Figure 3-4. Three Vibrobots swarming.
What It Does
Vibrating robots behave in lifelike ways without any electronic control through a combination of random movements and mechanical programming due to their shape and distribution of weight.
Where It Came From
Probably the most famous example of a vibrating robot is the Bristlebot—the Throwie of the robot world. First appearing on the Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories ...
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