Introducing the 'Desktop' Walkers Ver. 5.0 and 5.1

DW 5.0 right side

DW 5.0 left side

DW 5.0 right side with die for scale

DW 5.1 front

DW 5.0 and DW5.1

Most of my friends work in the Tech industry here in California. As such, they tend to spend a lot of time stuck in a work cubicle. Anyway, they like the BEAM Bots I make, but they don't have much space on their desks. Hence, the 'Desk-top' Walker concept was born. These little bots are powered by Mr. Tilden's 'Almost Complete Walker' circuit and two six transistor 'H-Bridges'. Schematics are at beam-online.com.

Parts List:

Body:

1 BHoldAAA - 2 x AAA Battery Holder (pin leads)
4 GM10 - Gear Motor 10 - Geared pager motor
4 GRF - Gumby Rubber Feet
3 Zip Ties
Krazy Glue
Brass bits for the legs
LOTS of Shrink Tubing

Reversing Biocore:

4 CP0.22uF - 0.22uF Monolithic Capacitors

1 CP22uF - 22uF Capacitor (I prefer a 10uF instead)

1 74AC240 - Octal Inverting Buffer

1 TLED - Tiny LED

2 R4.7k - 4.7k Resistors

3 R1.3M - 1.3M Resistors

1 R2.2M - 2.2M Resistor

1 SWT7 - DPDT Micro Top-mount Slide Switch

6 Tiny Pushbutton Switchs (No longer available at Solarbotics.com?)

H-Bridges (x2)

8 TR2222 - PN2222 NPN Transistors
4 TR2907 - PN2907 PNP Transistors
4 R10k - 10k Resistors (No! Really!)

See video (2.5 MB avi)