Just a quick question: is differential drive achievable with a 4WD platform? It's an outdoor robot (half a meter in both width and length) and the tires are probably going to be rubber ones. The wheels will be fairly close but I'm still afraid the grip from the tires will be too much. On the other hand I don't want to invest in a complicated drive system.
Update January 25th, 2012 It has been a while since my last update but a lot has been done to the Rover. Some of the big achievements include some basic … Read more
Hi guys,
Hope this is the right forum.
I'm building a robot based on the Dagu Rover 5 chassis and experiencing problems with it shedding it's tracks. The motor angle is about 45 degs.
Anybody had any experience with these and stopping the tracks coming off (even on smooth hardwood floor) during a turn?
I'm hoping someone has done a modification or something to keep them on, other wise this Robot may be getting itself converted to tires :-(
Thanks guys
Shane
Hi all,
Behold my new little toy, the CRAB. This is my attempt at creating a 4WD rover like bot, the main target here beeing making use of the little motors I … Read more
This is my first autonomous 4WDBOT on a DfRobot Base.I try to keep all mountings as clear and functional as possible - no decoration parts.
Update:
After some … Read more
A couple of months ago I started talking here about building a hexapod. I had it all planned out, made drawings, chose materials, hardware, electronics, made myself a shopping list and was good to go.
Four wheel drive vehicles have always excited my imagination, and this time I joined two Farrusco (Dagu's) chassis in front to front as you can see in the … Read more
This is my new project, a semi RC controlled 4WD rover. The pan/tilt-unit for the camera and the camera itself are still missing. I've ordered a KX171 G2 color CCD … Read more
The chassis of the "Rebound" is perfect for small off road robots. The PCB has a radio receiver and dual "H" bridge. This walkthrough shows you how to make the … Read more
looks like an interesting new Arduino robot platform. A real 4 wheel-drived robot with Atmega168 processor, Zigbee interface, quadrature encoder wheel encoders.
Sorry, embedding Video from Flickr doesn't seems to work, so here are the links:
Update: Just a small new video, nothing really. Just my studies, I use the platform for different testing of stuff. Video and slow motion helps :)
While playing … Read more
