Seanbot

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User-Contributed Project

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Make a cool robot costume.

  • Author: Lucy
  • Time required: 2 hours
  • Difficulty: Moderate
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This is my son's robot costume for Halloween. The design is by me (Mom) and the geeky electronics are by Dad.

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  • Get two cardboard boxes, one slightly bigger than the other, and spray-paint them silver. In the bigger box, cut a hole for the wearer's head to go through. Remove the bottom of the other box and cut it to fit the wearer's face. Bend the bottom outward and attach it to the larger box.

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  • Next, go to Fry's Electronics or Lowe's and choose some cool stuff to put on the control panel.

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  • We got this voice-activated kit at Fry's. It lights up when you talk or when it hears any type of noise.

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  • I don't know what this is called but I found it at Fry's. It was next to a disco ball. I hesitated because a disco ball robot would also be awesome but I just got this.

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  • This is a Wheel of Fortune kit from Fry's. The chaser lights slowly go off when you flick the switch.

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  • I couldn't decide what to put here. I thought of making this part magnetic and sticking toy gears on it. Another idea was to put my iPod Touch here and run a cool app. In the end, I decided on this instead. What's in it?

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  • An extra robot arm, just in case you lose an arm in a robot fight!

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  • It extends!

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