Build a robot

Boxes, cylinders, and the Turn dial. Your first build with all four Object moves.

Comfortable — Know your way around the tools 3 steps

Video coming soon — the written walkthrough below is the whole build.

Written walkthrough

The robot is the graduation build of the Stacking branch; it uses every Object-card move: Size, Move, and Turn.

1. Stack the body and head

Stamp a Cube on open floor and Size it taller than it is wide; robots need presence. Then tap its top and stamp a smaller Cube for the head.

2. Give it arms

Stamp a skinny Cylinder beside the body. Now the fun part: tap it, open Turn , and spin it 90° so it sticks out sideways, then Move it up to shoulder height with the ↕ Up row. Repeat on the other side: stamp, Turn, Move to match. (Antennas are the same trick on top of the head, un-turned.)

3. Color it

Fill it metal gray with one glowing button, or go full rainbow. A pixel face from Paint turns a box into a friend instantly.

Keeping the head and arms as separate pieces is a gift to your future self: in Animate , this robot’s head can turn, and its arms can wave, no surgery required.

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