How to Build a Tin Can Robot

Look at the body plate. You’ll notice two metal eyelets. Slot two body rings to this side.

Repeat with other metal eyelet on other end of the body plate.

Turn the body plate over so it stands on the rings. Affix the battery plate on the flat area farthest from you, threading the wires through the small boxes in the body plate.

Lower the battery plate onto the pegs and tighten with two screws.

Thread the wires from the motor through the square holes in the body plate and slot the motor into the motor housing.

Put the axle into the housing so that it lies in the notches in the housing.

Cover the motor and axle and affix with four screws.

Connect the wires from the motor with wires on the battery cover. You will be connecting OPPOSITE colors.

Push the wires into the metal eyelets and press a terminal cap into the hole to tighten.

Take another body ring and align it with one of the already affixed body rings. Connect with a screw and bolt. Repeat with body ring on the other side.

Push the long leg onto the peg under the battery case. Affix with a screw.

Push the short leg onto the peg outside of the body ring. Affix with a screw.

Push a blue straw into the straw attachments and then connect a hand into the other end of the straw.

Find one of the wires and one of the black, circular eye backs. Push the wire into the hole on the back of the eye back and secure with a screw. Repeat for other eye.

Peel off the cover sheet on the eyeball and attach to the eye back.

Attach eye back to the body plate with a screw affixed to the open end of the wire. Repeat with both eye backs.

Slide an empty, clean soda can into the body rings.

Insert a AA battery into the case.

Turn on your new Tin Can Robot!