
Hazbot
Australia
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I thought I would start a thread on options and ideas on Robot mobility. To me one of the most fundamentally important things for a robot of any size is how it gets around. I have chosen tank treads for my Robot "Bob" see Project Showcase but I would love to share and hear what has been tried and tested, the successes and failures. I think this is an important part of Robot evolution.
Now this did all start cause the boyfriend wanted to build a quad rotor. I had an idea to turn SPykee into a quad copter then he could move on ground too.
A seperate issue was having wheels capable of getting over carpet or bumps in the floor without the robot shuddering. One answer to this is bigger wheels but as soon as you take that option you need more leverage, more torque, more power.
To reach our multi-surface goal we ended up where we are now, waiting to apply 1/16 tank tracks to the robot. I've seen toy bots with 3-4 wheels each side but not sure how they work or what the advantages are, also seen cone type wheels that are super flexible but I think would be limited by weight.
single wheel robot