Inner wheel suspension
A small bot and suspension. Big task. But after taking some HDD appart and looking at round things for some time I came to suspension anyway. For a small bot this will work, i'll try and make it functional in the Rommel robot. You need per wheel 2 rings of let's say 1cm wide, a bigger and a smaller one (pick your size on availability). The inner ring will be connected to motor or axis. Arround that the second (bigger) ring goes, and the idea: in between you put some rubber or foam like material (depending on the weight of the bot). So basically you have 3 rings of which one is "soft" and will respond to impact. It's worth a try.



@ Mon, 2010-08-02 19:31
Crap, I wish I was born in
Crap, I wish I was born in 1912. Everything I can think off is already there. And better.
@ Tue, 2010-08-03 02:35
I know how you feel
After watching the movie "Hunt for Red October" I built a submarine drive that had no moving parts, just the water. A few weeks later I read about the exact same motor being tested by Japanese engineers. Theirs was much better because they used super conductors. My model blew the fuse on a car battery charger trying to stir a glass of water :(
@ Sun, 2010-08-01 11:06
Sounds like you are
Sounds like you are re-inventing the TWEEL to me.
@ Fri, 2010-07-30 17:06
I also like
Odbot's suspension.
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/5155
@ Fri, 2010-07-30 16:44
Or ..
... something like this would work too:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/mechanics_robot_suspension_system.shtml
And on another thought a bike like wheel construction but instead of spokes using springs.