BuzzBots is a modular toolkit for building simple, vibration-powered robots. By using 3D-printed parts and standard M3 hardware, I’ve kept the barriers to entry low. My goal is to use inexpensive, "off-the-shelf" ingredients to make sure these designs can be easily shared, built, and evolved by anyone.
Even though a BuzzBot is just a battery and a motor, it quickly becomes something more when it starts moving. There is a specific "spark" that happens when people interact with them—we can’t help but anthropomorphize them into little creatures. The way the vibration rattles through the frame even gives them a voice; they growl, purr, and snort as they move, giving them a presence that feels more like a mechanical animal than a piece of hardware. Collaborative Drawing
Lately, I’ve been leaning into the "beautiful chaos" of these bots to create automatic drawings. By outfitting a bot with a pen and letting it loose on a large sketch pad, I get to collaborate with the machine. I provide the frame, but the bot provides the gesture. The result is a chaotic, physical record of the bot's own unpredictable path. Build Your Own
Whether they are used to teach physics or to create generative art, BuzzBots are meant to be open and accessible. The project lives on GitHub so that anyone can download the files, print a few parts, and start experimenting with their own forms.

Get the files and start building: https://github.com/andrewfrueh/BuzzBots