OHBOT v2.1 User manual

Making Instructions
Part 1
© Ohbot Ltd. 2021
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For Ohbot v2.1, all platforms

Instructions
•Each page is a step in constructing
Ohbot
•The parts needed are shown on the
top left of each page
•If you need tools it will show this too
•The main picture or pictures show how
to assemble
2
Look out for
my tips too!

3
underside of base
Nice work! I
don’t want to
brag, but Ohbots
do have two
more feet than
you do!
Feet

4
1. Place the base so
that the Ohbot sticker
is facing toward you
Ohbot sticker
2. Thread the motor’s
cable through the big
hole on the top of the
base then put the motor
in so that the writing on
the label is the right way
up.
This motor allows
me to shake my
head. No really, it
does!
Neck turn motor

5
front
2. Chop off
the end of
the cable tie
back
1. Attach the
motor to the
base using
the cable tie
(shown in
green).
4. Chop off
the end of
the cable tie
3. Attach the
motor to the
base using
the cable tie
Don’t chop
your finger
off while
cutting the
ties. Just
saying!
Fixing the neck turn motor

6
Push down
Attaching the neck

7
1. Make sure the base is
facing you with the Ohbot
sticker to the front. Gently
turn the neck piece
clockwise as far as it will go
2. Lift off the neck
piece
3. Orient the neck piece in
the position shown, then
push it back onto the motor
4. Screw the neck
piece onto the
motor
front
Ohbot sticker
Setting up the neck turn motor

8
Curved side
of jaw
Flat side of
jaw
Make sure the wires come
out of the motors on the
curved side of the jaw and
go underneath the bottom lip
motor. Label the wires for the
top and bottom lip to make
them easier to identify later.
Bottom lip motor Top lip motor
Attaching lip motors

9
left
cheek
1. Orient the motor with the
cable coming out towards
the top of the cheek.
Thread the cable through
the hole.
top
3. Clip the motor
in place
Fixing left cheek motor
top
It’s easy to
muddle right
and left cheeks
later. Why not
label this one
‘Ohbot’s lovely
left cheek’ so
you can find it
later.
2. Push the motor
through at an angle,
starting with the end
of the motor where
the cable comes out

10
You will need:
right
cheek
2. Clip in
place
The wire
should be
at the top
1. Orient the motor this way round,
with the wire coming out of the
motor to the top of the cheek.
top
top top
This motor allows
me to roll my
eyes. I know it’s
not polite, but
Ohbots only do
what they are
programmed to
do
Fixing right cheek motor

11
Attach the left cheek to the jaw
1. Locate the lugs of the jaw
in the slots on the cheek 2. Fasten the screw
lugs
slots
left
cheek

12
1. Locate the pin on the
neck in the hole in the left
cheek
2. Hold in place ready for
the next step
pin hole
Locating the jaw and cheek on the neck

13
Attaching the right cheek to the jaw

14
1. Use screw
to fasten the
right cheek
to the neck
2. Do the
same for the
left cheek
Fixing the cheeks to the neck

15
posts
motor shaft
Fixing the eye turn motor
To clip the motor in use
the motor to push the
clips apart. Find the end
of the motor where the
wire comes out and push
this through the hole first.
If it is tricky try taking the
sticker off the motor.
Place the motor so that the motor
shaft is on the opposite side to the
posts.
clip
clip

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underneath
motor shaft
Lid
blink
motor
cable
Fixing the lid blink motor
Make sure the cables for
both the eye turn motor
and the lid blink motor
come out on the same
side.
Eye
turn
motor
cable

17
arm
eyebox
arm
hole hole
pin
pin
link
Thread the link
through this hole
before clipping in
the eyelid
link
Attaching the eyelids

18
Attachng the eyeballs
If you find one of
Ohbot’s eyes is
looking up and
the other one
down turn one of
the eyeballs up
the other way.
down up
turn upside down
level

19
hole
hole
pin pin
1. Put the pins for the eyebox into the holes shown on the cheeks
2. Use screws to attach each cheek to the eyebox.
Attaching eyebox to the cheeks

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Nose fitting