MakerBot Button Bot Datasheet

Assembly Instructions and Parts List
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Button Bot

Button Bot
Button Bots were rst sighted after the great arcade factory escape of ‘86.
Their continued survival in the wild has baed robot experts. With literally
only half-a-mind, a Button Bot is dependent on its buttons for sustenance.
Button Bots are fed directly through arcade button presses. Once fed, the
button brain wakes up for few moments of scrambled output.
The following is a list of parts and assembly instructions to help you build your
very own Button Bot. This project is geared towards advanced hobbyists
but everybody and everyone is encouraged to give it a try.
The majority of the printed parts in this build were all skeined at 2
extra shells and 8% inll. Experiment with these settings to get
the best results for your parts.
Good luck!

Button Bot
Hardware
&
Parts

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Very few tools are needed to assemble your own Button Bot. Here are the essentials.
Soldering iron (not pictured) M3 allen wrench, m3 nuts (hex is mandatory, square is optional),
and an assortment of m3 bolts in various lengths. M3 x 40mm to m3 x 16mm are used in this
project.

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2x Headfrontright and 2x headfrontleft Headfrontright can interchange for headbackleft.
Headfrontleft can interchange for headbackright.

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Facefrontright, facefrontleft, facebackright, facebackleft. These printed parts make up
the “face” of ButtonBot.

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Earpin.stl, 2x eartop.stl, 2x earbottom.stl, 2x claw.stl, 2x pupil.stl, 4x 3in. pieces of
lament, eyesocketright.stl, eyesocketleft.stl, eyebrowright.stl, eyebrowleft.stl, 9x
arcade buttons.
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Baseplate.dxf, 2x wheel.stl, Tamiya 70168 Double Gearbox Kit, LiPo Battery 7.4v,
1000mAh, Arduino Uno, Pololu Qik 2s9v1 Dual Serial Motor Controller (not pictured).
The brains, brawn, and support for your ButtonBot.

Button Bot
Assembly!!

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Using wire cutters, clip o the support columns and mouse ears (shown in red)
printed with the part. Repeat this step for all four head pieces.

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Use 8 m3 x 16mm bolts and 8 m3 hex nuts to secure the head pieces together. (screw holes
shown in red) A hex wrench will t through the small holes in the head to help you in
tightening the bolts.

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Insert the 9 arcade buttons through the holes in the head and screw the backings onto them.
For the 8 buttons around the edges, the switch clips shoud be oriented so that the tall side of
the clip is facing the center. The center button’s clip should be oriented so it ts between two
of the outside button’s clips. Refer to the wiring schematic in the appendix for connecting
the buttons.

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Assemble the gearbox as per the included instructions. Next, press t the wheels onto the
shafts. A set screw may be used to hold the wheels onto the shafts. For better wheel traction,
a coat of Plasti-Dip will do the trick. A few spare “Live Strong” bracelets will work as well.

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Using m3 bolts and nuts, secure the gearbox assembly to the base making sure the motors are
facing towards the front of ButtonBot.

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Just like the last step, secure the Arduino to the base using m3 bolts and nuts. Now would be
a good time to upload ButtonBot’s code to the arduino.

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For the bottom hole, use an m3 x 16mm bolt and an m3 nut to secure facebackleft to
facebackright. The top hole will be used later in Step 12 to attach the face assembly to the
head assembly.

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Using m3 x16mm bolts, m3 nuts, and the printed eartop and earbottom pieces, attach the
front face assembly to the back face assembly. Do this on both the right and left side of
your ButtonBot.

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Use m3 x16mm bolts to attach both the eyesockets, eyebrowleft, and eyebrowright.
(Picture only shows bolt holes for the right side)

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Insert 2 pieces of lament into the pupil. Next, push the pupil with connected lament into
the eye socket making sure the lament threads through the holes in the eye socket. Repeat
for the other eye.

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Here is what your ButtonBot should look like at this point. Almost done!