useless, annoying (for the people being attacked by it), waste of time...

sounds like fun!
:D

Oh wow.... that moves a LOT faster than I thought it would. Really nice idea guys :)

That's not a robot....

That's ridiculousness!

Where do i get a broken pager? Or should i mug a doctor?

I love this!

It was much faster than I thought it would be- very cool!

That's fricking sweet. Playstation controllers have 2 of those types of motors (but way bigger) inside them for the rumble feature. Now I just need to find a scrub brush with bristles on an angle.

Watching that thing go make me sort've smile stupidly to myself, for some reason. I wanna do it.... hey, I've got a broken cell phone! Bwahahah!

It looks like a caterpillar on crack.

LEAVERUS: Where do i get a broken pager? Or should i mug a doctor?

Look in the electronics junk bin at a goodwill store. The same box they keep dead cellphones in.

Wacky Willy's in Aloha, OR has the motors on the shelf, as well ( no website though ).

@AxCrusnik:

awesome idea man, I think i'm going to make a huge one of these with AA batts and 2 or 3 of those motors that you'd find in things like those mini-fans.

Seriously cool, I didn't expect it to move out like it does!

-Scott

Looks like a kind of B.E.A.M. Bot.
Mark Tilden himself was the original BEAMER you know.
[en.wikipedia.org]

(-and all things serve the Beam, say thankya big big)

I think the only additional mod I might do would be some kind of a wire bumper to help it bounce itself out of corners a little better.
I'm thinking RC toy antenna type wire that's light and springy.

Yeah I might build one if I can scrounge up a tiny vibro motor from something, or make my own from a Zip Zap motor. The rest is easy.

I love stuff like this, and for kids it's tops.

I just modded a one time use camera I found around school into a button pushed (old-style?) flash. Now I can imitate men in black...> you know nothing of what I just said
I got electrocuted the hell out of though, I have a hugeass blister on my finger

@jsmjr816: LOL YUO G0T OHM3D.

/horrible, horrible electronics geek joke, I know.

Maybe I could use that to scrub my floors... Video was very well done.

Props dude, that made me really smile. I nominate you, Sir Evil Mad Scientist, for the next Mr Wizard. Now go kick Bill Nye ass, sleep with his wife, and poison his garden.

I love Oral B toothbrushes!

Warning: Steampunk kits are for external use only.

I can't wait for one of you rednecks to put a big ass numero 3 on it and try to race it at bristol Motor Speedway.

It's not a robot, but it's still cool.

If this was safe for cats to chase, I would so want this as a cat toy. However, I feel like my cat would end up somehow hurting himself if presented with this.

@Azteck 5000: I'd take it to Bristle Motor Speedway.

Oh god, forgive me. That was really bad, but I couldn't help myself

@jawzxy: I think the only way this could hurt a cat would be if he'd swallow the thing !

p.s. I can't believe they felt the need to make a laborious instructional video. One look at a photo of the thing should be enough information to allow anyone with an IQ over room temp to build one. It's hardly the most complex machine ever conceived.

@jsmjr816: you realize you just charge the flash then whack it on your hand and it does the same thing with no modding required

this really made me smile, almost enough to make me track down the materials, but no

Stupid as ****. Might be more useful and entertaining if you used it to brush gunk and debris off hard to reach places on electronics.

Dude, that was great. That really made my day!

Does "Pager" refer to the type of motor like "Wankel rotary engine" or is that the name of the manufacturer or retailer?

@Abor33: What you can't tell from the video is that the white surface started out dirty-completely covered with dry-erase marks and smudges until the little bristlebot cleaned it all up.

Obviously we can all see what this is. Another excuse for robots to take over something else in our lives and make us even fatter. In the future people will:
1)Wake up...2)walk *or teleport?* to bathroom...3)Toss Bristlebot in mouth...4)And proceed to have teeth brushed for them.

this thing would scare the crap out of a cockroach...

@Brian Sexton: it's "pager" as in the kind of thing with an alphanumeric...er, well, numeric display. the motor from it is the thing that made it vibrate instead of BEEP BEEP BEEP.

@Brian Sexton: Holy crap, your comment makes me feel old.

It's an electronic cockroach without the 'ew'. I love it...

I wonder if you could add a rudder down the middle or off the back to steer it.

@Reilaos, Original Asus Fanboy: Like you, I don't know why, but I could not stop laughing while watching that little guy just rocket around.

@Brian Sexton: ...

Needs a little knight with a lance on top.

@baglunch - or a bunch of football player figures - like the old vibrating table football games, but in reverse.

Looks pretty cool, I wonder what would happen if you swapped the motor/battery orientation?

i just made one. it's funny watching it run around the desk. i like it a lot. and i had everything laying around. put a broken cell phone to good use.

nice cat toy

ok i'm about to add to peoples ideas together,
take one ps2 controller+ some sort of angled brush+battery=robotic mop/broom(?)

i built one today after going out and buying an angled-bristle toothbrush, a crappy old cell phone, and foam tape. i don't really have anything good lying around...but here's a picture of mine:

[i89.photobucket.com]

@doofusgumby: I know; I was only joking. :)

@BMErdin: Awesome! I am 34, though, so I do remember when pagers were common. :)

AWSOME i made one that could stick to stuff slightly and it cleans my tv =)

and also im going to make a giant one with a big brush and like 4 D batterys and a ton of vibration motors from ps2 controlers