Tried to add LEGO tank track to the robot...

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... with only marginal success sad. The look isn't right, I think its too wide for how short the tracks are. Also, I wanted to do it without modifying the chassis so I could go back to the wheels if i needed to. Flipping the servos around accomplished this, and all I had to do to get the drive wheels on was screw the Lego gears straight to the servo's output and let friction do the rest. The problem was the rear idler gear. There is NO immediately simple way to mount them without A) drilling new holes, B) fabricating some crazy pieces, or C) cutting the chassis to accommodate longer tracks. Further tinkering may produce better results, as this was more like an experiment to see what was possible. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow night I can come up with a solution. It's not so much that I don't like the wheels, it's more like I'm not 100% stoked on the look of the robot.

Robot Adventures: home made stamp2 powered autonomous robot/teaching myself PBASIC Robot lego tracks adventure: part 2

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AntonCaptainSeagull Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:53:59 PM

make zombie robots when your old
please

please

DustinDustyButtons Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:30:31 PM

already ahead of you smile

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