If I stop developing a bot - using it's chassis for new electronics... is that a new bot?

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Seems a silly question, but not sure how to categorize this...

 

My Rover objectives have not changed, but the framework upon which I'm designing have. 

 

Ripping apart all of the electronics, and most of the code...  Changing from USB/Serial communications to MultiMaster I2C

Starting pretty much from scratch, with a new motor controller, new servo controllers, swapping the USB Camera for Raspberry PI cam (need a longer ribbon cable!!!  any ideas?)

Everything else is the same though.  Same sensors, just used/coded differently.... Same physical RC Car chassis...

 

So is this merely a re-invention of the same bot?  Or do it call it Bot #2?

 

 

 

 

 

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I can only comment based on a bit of what I recall about

another bot that has been (re)built a number of times. Walter has been Walter for as long as I have known about him. He has gone through a number of iterations though.

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Fair enough, and makes

Fair enough, and makes sense.    Helps me track progress - or lack thereof - as well.

 

Very much appreciated.

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It’s new if you change a

It’s new if you change a vital part or function. That is the rule!

I know, because I just made that rule.

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If it has a name then

If it has a name then no matter what changes it’s the same robot, just add v1.2 or v2.0 or whatever. If it’s disassembled and parts repurposed into a different configuration, with a new name, then it’s a new robot. And don’t forget the ‘Bot Build Certificate’ or it won’t be able to vote or collect Social Security. :slight_smile: