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Mini Rover

Kepler
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Published on March 2, 2012
This thing was Featured on March 3, 2012

Description

I built this small prototype to test several concepts: the tracks made from O-rings, a simple robotic claw, and wireless communications with Arduino.

This thing uses:
My robotic claw thingiverse.com/thing:18339
Some parts from my previous designs thingiverse.com/thing:13298
Obijuan's Skymega board thingiverse.com/thing:14197 and battery pack thingiverse.com/thing:5079

See it move at: youtu.be/SQqVQEaMtno

UPDATE 3/8/2012: The part "front.stl" did not print correctly due to some dangling polygons. I have now replaced it with the correct file!

UPDATE 3/13/2012: Uploaded a folder with the scad files. Not very tidy though...

Instructions

Print and assemble! It's pretty straight fordward. I used O-rings for the tracks (80 mm diameter). You'll need two M6 bolts and nuts, as well as 8 M3 bolts and nuts.

The servo holder is designed for two Futaba S3003 servos. You'll need to modify them for continuous rotation.

Assemble the battery pack with 8 3M nuts and bolts
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jrd210 on March 8, 2012 said:

Looks great, do you think I could just use an arduino (maybe with roboduino instead) and do you have a link to the arduino ide you are using??

Kepler on March 8, 2012 said:

Thanks! Yes, of course you can use an arduino! All you have to do is control three servos, so the programming and control is pretty simple. I am just using the regular arduino ide, form arduino.cc

peter_ on March 8, 2012 said:

very well done! this is one of my favorite things that i've seen on thingiverse recently!

Bichiatari on March 5, 2012 said:

Awesome!!

Whystler on March 4, 2012 said:

Robots are not quick to grab my attention, but there is something very charming about this one. Once the charm grabbed me, I admire the innovation of using O-rings, and it's spider like mandibles.

AUGuru on March 3, 2012 said:

Love this little bot. What's the total size (minus the gripper arms)? Looks like around 3.5"x3x5"x2.5"? I'm looking to build an affordible swarm with, and this looks like a great platform.

Kepler on March 3, 2012 said:

It's a bit bigger than that: 120x110x50 mm.

50mm is the height of the rear wheels, the total height will depend on the battery holder and the microcontroller board you use. But if you are not going to use the claw, there is some free space in the front to rearrange things. Let me know if you finally decide to build this!

obijuan on March 2, 2012 said:

Jon! I really like it a lot! Good job!!! Wonderful printbot!!

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