Hi,
I have been running Fantasy and Sci-Fi Live Role Playing games on and off for over 30 years and most of my props have been pretty much black polythene and gaffa tape with a good dose of carrimat and latex to boot. Now I am looking to embark on something that I have never tried before. A droid. This will be used on a science fiction adventure game so nees to be a robust working prop at least for a day.
The Scope:
Being that it will need to interact (bleeps and whistles mainly rather than shaking hands), with players on an adventure game it needs to be of a reasonable size.
A radio controlled chassis that a lightweight squat droid shap can be mounted on top (more like the Deathstar Dispatch Droid or K9 than R2D2.
Speed to be kept geared low
Battery life has to be good or easily replaced
Will need to operate on both woodland paths (probably damp/slippery terrain) as well as indoors (Chunky wheels or tracks?)
I'm keeping an open mind on how I approach this but I have seen some nice chassis on Aliexpress although am considering anything like this with a large dose of caution. It would be nice to have an option to add some kind of articulation but I need to walk before I can run. I won't need sensors and it won't need to learn about its surroundings so essentially its more of a RC project than a Robot but most of the RC forums that I have looked at seem to be biased towards speed (cars) or authenticity (Tanks).
Any advice or ideas or pointers as to other forums that may be more appropriate gratefully recveived.
Thanks.
Shaun.