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  Mousey Part 4: It's Alive!
  Posted on February 18, 2011	by Christin
  Mousey the Junkbot is alive! I finished Mousey and let her zoom around the house on Friday, February 7, 2011 after a long session of soldering, gluing and Dremeling™. She looks a lot like all the other computer mouse-based robots … Continue reading →
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  Mousey part 3: Troubleshooting a circuit
  Posted on January 18, 2011	by Christin
  The problems I'm having with Mousey are not unique. Checkout this YouTube video from Makemagazine with Bre Pettis, who had similar problems with the mouse driving in circles and a motor hooked up backwards. Unfortunately, in his brief video he … Continue reading →
  Mousey part 2: Reusing motors from old toys
  Posted on January 13, 2011	by Christin
  Today I shopped for small DC motors to add to Mousey the photovore robot. I love GoodWill. I donate often and shop carefully. My Mousey robot needs 5V motors, so I searched specifically for RC toys that require 4 AA batteries … Continue reading →
  Mousey part 1: BEAM Robot
  Posted on January 12, 2011	by Christin
  I am building a robot out of an old track ball mouse. Resources for this project include: The Best of Make, First Edition by the Editors of Make Magazine, "Mousey the Junkbot" pp 150 – 163, written by Gareth Branwyn. … Continue reading →