Zholdas

Zholdas is your friendly chocolate-giving Robotic friend. He gives chocolate to children and those young at heart. The chocolate is accessed by regular RFID cards, bus cards and key fobs. Regular visitors recieve personalized messages in addition to the chocolate.

Zholdas has a cheery and loving disponsition. His internal dispensing mechanism is powered by a VEX 393 Motor and his eyes are a air of standard SSD1306 OLED displays. As his name suggests, Zholdas is indeed a loyal and good friend, sharing smiles and chocolate.

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Initial Idea

System Integration

Application & Implication

Project Development

Project Overview:

Here's the completed project as it looks now, sitting at the entrance to the Robotics Academy:

Here's the currently existing work-flow for child-users:

Project Files:

Anyone who wants to make the project can make use of the following files:

Files for 3D-printing the whole project

Zholdas © 2025 by Thomas Noah is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0