Paper Circuit ROBOTS 2.0

sketch w/ paper cuts

colored with markers

paper circuit on the back

I've been playing with ways to make a switch or button on my paper circuit artwork appear more integrated and purposeful. The robot I originally played with had a momentary button that I designed over the battery into the belly of the robot. See it here. The button also worked as the mechanism that closed the circuit. This time I bought a button online that was spliced into the circuit and not necessarily near the battery. This meant the connection to the battery was fixed and pushing the button (with a satisfying click noise) completed the circuit. I've been playing with ideas in preparation for the fall since I finally received the Donors Choose grant for supplies to try this with my students.

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Pull tab to move eyes & push momentary button hidden behind paper fold to light LED on head

Click the image to download the Paper Circuit Robot lesson

Paper Circuit Art with LEDs from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Shout out to Journal Fodder Junkies and their 15 minute for 30 days sketchbook challenge #JFJ15for30. Today's challenge was for paper cut outs of windows and doors. It forced me to think differently about how to add more interaction to the paper robot with the eyes and helped me invent a way to hide the button in the belly. Thank you!!

See my previous posts on paper circuits:

Diagram post

Attempt 1

Step-by-step post

LED portraits post

and my "how to" video:

How to Build a Light Up Robot with Paper Circuits from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.