Hello, My name is Cody and I go to West Michigan Aviation Academy which is a high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For my Advanced Robotics class my group has been assigned with researching electrical parts for our swarm bots. I am looking for suggestions about what parts we might want to use and if you guys have any suggestions for us! The plane weighs 2450 lbs dispersed between three wheels. Any suggestion is greatly appreciated and I will try and answer any more questions as they come up. Thanks so much! Also I believe we have decided on using Raspberry Pi 3’s as the brains of the robots since they have the ability to use Master/slave.
What is the size of each robot and how many of them will you use to create the swarm?
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We are not sure of the size of the robot right now but we are guessing 2 Ft. by 2 Ft. max. Also we will be using 3 robots in the swarm so that one robot is on each wheel. That way with mecanum we will be able to move the entire plane sideways.
I believe that this would be a good tool to start with: https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/drive-motor-sizing-tool
Let me know if this helps you in the design and drawing of the robots!
Good luck!
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