You’ll want this 3D printed toy. We made $500 in 1 Day selling the DIY robots!

[@geekygibso1750]

isn't this a hexbug?

[@radish6691]

Oh to be so young again. I had a vibrating football game once upon a time. The field vibrated, not the players, but same principle and predates hex bugs by decades. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ6YZmlvftKSepY

[@aidenwise4749]

Lol yes

[@electronicsandewastescrapp7384]

Yes which were based on DIY bugs we made with the toothbrush and an old flip phone buzzer. dang. That was so long ago. I'm f'n old. These little button ones are cool but I don't think as powerful.

[@only1muppet]

For those that aren’t old enough to remember, bristle bots came out in 2007 and the Hexbug Nano came out in 2009. The bristle bots were created by “Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories”. They posted a video and an article about how to make them.

[@SirTodd]

oh the good ol days! i remember the instructable

[@isthattrue1083]

They still sell them. They are patented. It's owned by MGA Entertainment...

[@drweip2892]

Thank you! This is awesome on so many levels. From the Scooterbot to the easy to follow tutorials on Tinkercad and painting in Bambu Studio

[@malimaru42]

it's a cool project. please keep in mind that button cell batteries are very dangerous if swallowed by infants

[@KeithOlson]

Nifty project! Some thoughts: 1. Another cheap, fast, popular project to sell is a 'Tupperware Orange Peeler', which is just a simple stick with a hook and tapered tip. You can crank out a bedfull in no time and plop them in a coffee mug to sell. 2. You can add text/a logo/etc. to the outside by using a different colour filament for the first two layers, which have the text/logo/etc. cut out. The main body colour will then show through. (You don't even need an AMS for this; I used 'pause and swap' for years with my ancient i3 clone.) 3. Cura has 'adaptive layers' options which change the layer height based on the angle of the surface. This will _drastically_ reduce the 'jaggies' that show up at [10:25] without the drastically longer time to print if the layer height was set low altogether. (For my printer, I want the best quality even if it takes longer to print, so I set the adaptive layers to range from 0.04 to 0.34.) 4. You can 3d print a tilting mechanism that a board can sit on and add printed checkpoints and obstacles--with embedded thumbtacks to hold them to the board--to make up a racetrack. (The tilting mechanism can just be made up of four 3d-printed springs, one in each corner.) 5. There is a version of the ubiquitous benchy that includes a LEGO brick, which many kids should find cool. 6. Speaking of LEGO, you could incorporate LEGO studs into the top of the Scooter bot. Yes, that would require supports, but you could instead try adding a 0.4mm thick vertical plate that is even with the top of the stud, which would be easy to remove and would change overhangs into bridges. Cheers!

[@stephhsu86]

If only we knew how to do all those things!!!

[@EdoPlantinga]

Great ideas! I especially like the Lego idea, as this would lead to much more room for experimentation. Like what would happen if you placed Legos off-centre, can you connect several bots. Similarly you could add some holes to the design so you could insert toothpicks to experiment with and build on top off (flags, banners, etc).

[@EdoPlantinga]

Oh and maybe you could make the legs swappable, to experiment with straight legs, slanted legs, number of legs, up side down legs, etc. Combined with the Lego idea to add weight to it, kids could experiment what (off-centre?) weight and legs combination would be fastest, maybe do speed runs.

[@kingkasma4660]

Everything about this is so smart, i loved the modeling approach! Subscribed for sure!

[@AaronTheGeek]

I love that there is a place for kids to learn about 3d printing in schools now, I gotta ask, I ask every maker and user of the BAMBU systems, what do you do with the filament poop? I really want to transition to a BAMBU labs printer, but the amount of waste I see generated gives me sad face....

[@justinbanks2380]

If you adjust the infill, you could probably make the duck lighter

[@gregoryc5989]

Great Job, thanks

[@darkzine]

This is illegal in some countries due to chocking hazard of the battery!

[@johnagorman]

great share! thank you and kudos to your kids. great program you are running

[@Guardian_Arias]

You are amazing, I understand people want compensation for their R&D time but its against the opensource nature of 3D priting.

[@Splarkszter]

Don't enable ludicrous mode. You will have print quality issues like: Under extrusion Layer Shifts Lack of cooling Skipped Steps(on extreme cases) Degradation of surface quality The speeds above 100% are only there because of speed benchy's If you want it to go faster it's better to modify the slicer profile settings, but I recommend doing it with "tunning" the printer for optimal results in mind. "Faster" isn't better. And increasing speeds won't make it faster by themselves anyways, there's also the flowrate and minimal layer cooling times.

[@PixyEm]

I printed some gridfinity bin on ludicrous mode and they turned out fine That being said, they were gridfinity bins, they were just simple squares, not the best counter-arguement I think the scooterbots would come out okay

[@Splarkszter]

@@PixyEm You can certainly damage your printer, I've seen ludricrous also affects the calibration sequence speeds.

[@notsurt]

The use of easily accessible button cells, particularly in regards to children's toys, is likely to be a pain point in regard to safety regulations in certain regions.

[@maxhoneyman9084]

I predict the next wave of Darwin award winning teens on TikTok........The button battery challenge.... ૮ ˙Ⱉ˙ ა

[@michaelbliss3337]

speak english

[@malimaru42]

yeah that's really concerning, the cells should be enclosed somehow

[@BitSmythe]

*What are all the color bits all over the table??*

[@davidbrockwell147]

It is the waste material the printer discards between the colour changes.

[@PixyEm]

It's "poop"

[@dccameron]

How much did you sell them for? I was thinking $5.

[@kentuckyproproductions1624]

This is a hexbug

[@nickbutler7935]

Thanks for posting this. You have given me a great idea that will keep my Grandkids entertained. Cheers from the U.K.

[@dannywrayuk]

🎶🎤WHATS THAT COMING OVER THE HILL IS IT A HEXBUG?

[@Everything_Multi-tool]

sorry to point out but a loose battery is a big Hazzard to kids if they swallow it. need to make it more secure.

[@MCsCreations]

Awesome project, dude! 😃 Thanks a bunch for all the info! Happy new year! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@Davids3DProjects]

Your licensing model makes it not useable for any other maker group to use it as a fund raiser.

[@PixyEm]

might want to update that

[@isthattrue1083]

They make those already (MGA Entertainment, Inc.) and you are about to get sued until you lose your home.

[@lordwafflesthegreat]

Dangerous for children (exposed battery) and also a copy of a very successful toy from the early 2000s (hexbug)

[@bearwolffish]

nice design

[@BitSmythe]

2:20 You need MORE “clever” to hide wires completely.

[@bobholt9246]

Nice idea! Its too bad that Reese's Law is now in effect

[@anactualpilot]

Nice upload. Why does the Bambu Studio software look almost identical to OrcaSlicer?

[@somewhatideal]

Orcaslicer is a fork of Bambu Studio

[@pkflow6395]

Did bro just take hexbugs and just changed the name to scooter bugs?

[@IamVBop]

KC!

[@clutch2827]

You owe Hexbug $500.