Adaptive Toy - Dancing Robot

This toy can be switched on and off with a small switch on the back of the robot which will be challenging for a person dealing with a motor delay or disability. To make it accessible, a large brightly colored external button will be added that will activate the toy.

I used the Intructable "Switch Adapted Giggle Pig" by daveat to get me started on how to adapt this toy. https://www.instructables.com/How-to-switch-Adapt-...

To adapt this toy you will need:

1. Toysery Bot Robot Pioneer with Colorful Lights and Music
2. Jelly Bean switch from AbleNet
3. Phillips head screwdriver
4. 3.5mm Mono TS Female Jack Socket
5. Two short small gauge wires
6. Solder iron and solder
7. Drill with a 1/4" drill bit

Remove all six screws from the body using a Phillips head screwdriver. Since the body will not completely separate due to a retaining clip in the front, gentlly separate the back of the robot and remove the switch to expose the wires.

Solder a wire to each of the leads on the back of the switch. Then solder the other end of those wires to a 1/8” female mono jack.

Choose where you want to feed the audio jack though the outer shell and drill a hole in this location. Feed the jack out and tighten the nut fixing it in place.

Now that all of the wires are connected, test to see if the modifications you've made still allow the toy to function properly. Doing this before reassembling the toy will make it easier to identify and fix any problems you may find.

Reposition all of the plastic pieces and align the two halves of the toy. Then reinsert all the screws and reinstall the batteries.