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I got a Developers kit for my birthday, and I'm still debate what I'm going to do with. I originally wanted a humanoid-style robot, but the servos most likely won't stand up to the weight. My final design is in the picture below. I went for the rover style robot with an added arm/claw. I however am still open to ideas. Here is what i would like to have ideas for:
Materials: I need something low cost and easy to work with.
Size: How big could the base be? I know I already have the dimensions, but the only DIY building experience I had was with LEGO Mindstorms. I would like the claw to be able to reach over the edge of the robot.
What could I use for a caster?
And just anything that might help.
Thanks and happy building,
CONNXT248
There is plenty of info in the forums for things outside of the kit.
I've written a very detailed tutorial on the L298n H-Bridge which is used to drive DC motors. There are also tutorials from EZ-Robots on this if you click the ? on the H-Bridge control in ARC. Plus there are example projects in ARC for using a H-Bridge.
I've also written a few other tutorials, as have EZ-Robots and a few others in the community. Just have a browse through the site and forums.
If there's something you can't find just ask, the community here is awesome and will help you every step of the way. Don't be afraid to ask no matter how stupid you may think the question is.
Depending on the size of the robot and where the drive wheels are etc. you may not need any counterweights, adding them may give additional weight that would reduce the lifetime of the batteries or require stronger motors. While it is always a good idea to check out a design properly and a lot of the time counterweights may be needed it isn't always the case.
Thanks to everyone for helping! I will be using the information I got to build my new robot. Name coming soon!
It will be awhile before I can actually build the robot, we are moving to Florida in three weeks and I probably won't get my kit until then. We won't get into our house until two or three weeks afterwords, then we have to move all the boxes, ect, so it i probably won't be on the forum for a while.
Sad times dude , we enjoy napkin sketches. Keeping it small as you can is a good general room and that keeps the cost as low as possible. So anyways the gearboxes were servocity.com . They have some nice equipment for the hobby area of robotics. Also stepper motors and pulleys can be used in your arm if you don't want to use the rc servo gearbox
Sad news? He's moving to Florida
.... That's awesome news... I am totally jealous... If it wasn't for giving up my health care here in Canada, I would buy up some of your cheap property in Arizona and enjoy 300+ days of sunshine a year... 
Let us know when you get your kit...
I will! I am going to post it here and on YouTube. Thanks for the support on my robot!