This is Mike: my "leave me alone box". The basic idea behind an "alone box" is that it turns itself off every time someone tries to turn it on.

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I created several different behaviors that are triggered randomly. The project is created with an Arduino microcontroller, a led light, a servo motor for the arm and another one for the door and the switch, of course.

The project was built initially out of cardboard to take measurements. Then, when I had it right, I built it out of wood and painted it. I sewed the arm of a toy to a wooden piece. When done I realized the servo did not have enough force to move the switch, so I took the switch apart and tweaked the spring.