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Solar robots

Symet

This is a typical solar-engine 'robot'. It is one of the most simple versions of solar-robots, designed on basis of the 'BEAM'-philosophy. Founder of this philosophy (and with that the creator of an enormeous bunch of ever-surviving robots) is Mark Tilden. The 'BEAM' philosophy comprehends the use of the following 4 notions in building robots: Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics and Mechanics (or just beautiful bio-inspired mechatronic devices)

(12-1999)

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Solarbug

This 'bug' makes use of a simple Flash-LED type "solarengine". With only a very small capacitor and a solarpanel from a calculator, its antennae start already to move when there is very little light present. The antennae are made of VU-meters from a discarded cassette player.

(12-1999)

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Solarroller

This also solar-engine 'robot'. The mechanics of this robot consist of a paperclip and some parts of a discarded walkman. For a summercamp I've organised a workshop where participants could build these solar-rollers. A (dutch) manual can be found below.

(12-1999)

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Suneater

This is my version of a great solarbot-design by Steven Bolt. It is one of my first home-made SMD projects. Two motors from discarded CD-rom players were used, a 4700uF cap, the pcb with two light-sensors and two bumper-switches. At this picture I use only one solar-cell. Later on I added a larger solarpanel in order to increase the available voltage.

(11-2000)

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