CHAPTER 15GrabberBot—Build It

The final design of my GrabberBot has a lot of potential modifications. I realized after I completed the design that if I removed the Ultrasonic Sensor and the upper beams, I would be left with a nice base unit that could be used in future designs. But that's not what this chapter is about. This chapter gives you the building instructions for constructing a bot that can move down the tunnel and successfully retrieve the scroll.

If you've built your own version of the GrabberBot, congratulations. How does it compare to my design (see Figure 15-1)? I hope you're beginning to see that there are an unlimited number of designs for successful completion of these challenges. The only limits are your imagination and the ...

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