The most important (and fun) part of The Robocat is the cat. We chose paper mache to make the body. This blog post is just about how we made the paper mache cat and attached it to the robot chassis.
We used a paper mache process that is probably familiar to most school children. We used a balloon, newspaper strips, and flour and water paste.
Once dry, we added the cat ears and primed the body. Here is the body next to the robot chassis.
Two coats of pink and we used painters tape to make the darker stripes.
The eyes and mouth are added.
Finally, the cat body is mounted on top of the chassis and The Robocat is (electrically and structurally) complete!
