Chewing the putty and crying

Programming level 1

Build a head with a movable mouth

P1

How to build

Head with a movable mouth

  • It can be achieved by movable parts without robotics

P1

Head with a movable mouth

Programming level 2

Build a person chewing and crying

P2

How to build

Person chewing and crying

  • Use the servo motor for programmable movement!
  • Chewing is moving the mouth up and down with a servo motor
  • Crying is blinking with an LED
  • All these happen from the robot’s activation until it is turned off

P2

Person chewing and crying

P2

P2

Programming level 3

Build a person chewing and crying activated by a sensor

P3

How to build

A person chewing and crying activated by a sensor

  • Use the servo motor for programmable movement!
  • Chewing is moving the mouth up and down with a servo motor
  • Crying is blinking with an LED and giving sound with Buzzer
  • The robot begins to chew and cry after a block symbolising the putty is put into its mouth, and continues chewing until it is turned off

OR

  • Build one more robot with a head that can cry with a Buzzer
  • The chewing head begins to chew and cry when its Sound Sensor senses the sound of the other head.

P3

"A" version - One head

"B" version - Two heads

P3

"A" version - One head

"B" version - Two heads

P3

Programming level 4

Build a person chewing and crying while the putty is in its mouth

P4

How to build

A person chewing and crying while the putty is in its mouth

  • A sensor (IR Photoreflector) can sense if the putty is put into its mouth as well as if it is taken out
  • Chewing is moving the mouth up and down with a complex synchronized movement of 2 servo motors
  • Crying is blinking with a LED and giving sound with Buzzer

P4

A person chewing and crying while the putty is in its mouth

P4

A person chewing and crying while the putty is in its mouth

P4