my 1st robot

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This is my first attempt at creating a robot, inspired by Fritz's start here robot!

I don't have a name for it yet :(

I stumbled upon this sight, & got quite inspired by Fritz, & many others here.

As of this time, there is no hot glue or sticky tape holding it together (sorry Fritz) :D

Under the hood is the Tamiya 70168 double gearbox set at 344.2:1, driving the Tamiya track & wheel set.

The brain is the Picaxe 28X1 ,

motor driver, L293

ultra sonic range finder SRF05,

various stuff from the home center, & junk box :D

All the parts you guys have proved work well!

Now I just have to learn how to program this little critter to do some kool stuff

This a great online community , nice mix of left, right, & brains in here :D (more right here)

 

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/my-1st-robot
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Welcome, Arty :DNice tracks!

Welcome, Arty :smiley:

Nice tracks!

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Nice looking robot and
Nice looking robot and thanks for adding the URL in the pics :wink:

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arty, lolI hear it’s called

arty, lol

I hear it’s called kenitic art :smiley:

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"and thanks for adding the

"and thanks for adding the URL in the pics ;)"

YES, that is wicked! I hope that we soon can offer some backdrops with logo and URL to print out soon. It will happen :wink: In the meatime this is a way cool thing to do :slight_smile: Note that you can make the url

letsmakerobots.com/user/1168/robots

or just

letsmakerobots.com/user/1168

if you want. A bit long, I know ;/

twss

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I wondering what my user #

I wondering what my user # was, now I know!

I figured I’d post the url, that’s the least I could do, I get alot of inspiration from here. very nice place !!

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Mouse over your picture

Mouse over your picture tells the # :slight_smile:

We will have more of that stuff later!

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Thats a nice chasis, was it
Thats a nice chasis, was it designed for bots or did you just throw it all together?

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yup yup
thats what she said! ok… I know that one doesnt make much sense, but whatever… don’t judge me

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it’s just thrown together

it’s just thrown together :smiley:

it’s mostly a section cut from an aluminum housing from a factory car amp module, & angle stock from the home center.

I still have a enough housing to make it a bigger brother :slight_smile:

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I noticed the cooling fins
I noticed the cooling fins and wondered about those…nice use of an amp…maybe that dead kenwood I have could be put to some good use after all! :slight_smile:

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I was trying to think up a
I was trying to think up a good “that’s what she said” but you beat me to it !!

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all you have to do is remove

all you have to do is remove the parts that don’t look like a robot & add parts that do :slight_smile:

I used a sawsall for the heavy work & a dremal for the so called finer work (paint works wonders too)

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Car Amp housing?

Dude, that’s not a bad idea, gives it a pretty good finished look. Not sure I have any way to cut something that size down a bit, but I think I might have an amp somewhere to try out.

Ya gotta get some videos up now, time to see it roaming around.

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cool chassis! did you
cool chassis! did you painted the tamiya sprokets and wheel? They looks MUCH better in that color :slight_smile:

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i agree :smiley: what colors are
i agree :smiley: what colors are you using?

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it’s rustoleum flat nickel,
it’s rustoleum flat nickel, from the local home center :slight_smile:

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How do you stir this left
How do you stir this left right

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Chassis

I am working on my first robot similar to this one. Everything is going smoothly and I am almost finished. However, I am having troouble making a chassis. Could you describe or explain how you assembled this chassis? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.