Making Simple Robots, 2nd Edition

6. To add the stuffing:

• Insert the stuffing into the FiberBot through the opening at the top

of the head. Pack the stuffing in loosely. You want enough stuffing to

give it a little thickness, but not so much that it strains or tears the

fabric. Use the eraser end of a pencil, a chopstick, or the handle of a

wood spoon to get the stuffing into any corners you can’t reach with

your fingers

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• Close up the opening with a backstitch

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7. Time to connect the electronics! To attach the micro:bit:

• Take about 2 inches of masking tape and roll it into a tube, sticky

side out. Make a second tape tube the same way

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