My suggestion is to start
My suggestion is to start by, what I call “the physicals”
- What is the physicals of the load ? weight, size
- What type of terrain it is ? grass, road, dirt, rocks, up or down, distance
- What environmental it is ? potential obstacles, night, day, sunny, rainy …
- What features I can use ? Autonomous, remote control, wireless or not, recording (date or video/audio) the progression
After that, you can thinking about “the mechanics” related with each physicals, in example :
My terrain is in forrest, the ground is leafs and wet dirt, the potemtials obstacles are dead branch and trees, grass, …
My traction system can be tracks because is more stable on harsh terrain, less surface pressure on wet ground and can climp or bend some small obstacles, …
Then you can "engeeniring"
What energy I will use for dynamic ? electrical, thermal, hydraulical, …
where stock the energy ?
my energy choose my engine
my engine choose my energy stock size
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