Roving Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots make the proper Secret Santa reward

As a part of what has turn into an annual vacation custom, a number of YouTube makers coordinated their efforts this yr for a Secret Santa alternate. Returning participant James Bruton drew Emily the Engineer and located inspiration for his reward from an automated boxing glove that she constructed. Taking that concept and operating with it, he created a pair of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots that may drive round and compete in real-life bouts.

The 2 3D-printed robots, that are clearly pink and blue, roam round on two pushed wheels and punch with large fists. That fists connect magnetically to automated reciprocating punching mechanisms similar to the one Emily the Engineer designed. If one robotic pilot is ready to punch the fist off of the opposing robotic, they win the spherical. To kick off one other spherical, all of the gamers should do is snap the fist again onto the magnetic mount.

Arduino Nano boards management each robots in addition to each RC transmitters, for a complete of 4 Arduino boards. Bruton paired every Arduino with an nRF24L01 radio transceiver module, which facilitates the communication between the robots and their RC transmitters. Every robotic has three DC motors: two for the drive wheels and one for the reciprocating punching mechanism. The onboard Arduino controls the motors via IBT-4 motor drivers. Lastly, the transmitters include joysticks for transferring the robots and triggers for activating the punching mechanism.

Now Emily the Engineer can duke it out on a grand scale at any time when she desires, throwing punches by way of a mechanism that she devised.

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