Hey hey! Just as great as the Original Tadpole, but with 100% more wood!
I was shopping on the ol' eBay's and came across some 3mm birch plywood, usually used in model airplanes. I thought to myself, man, that would look really good as a robot chassis. ---And it does!
I do have to say I see the irony here, this is "Chris the Carpenter's" first wood robot. --Really? It took me what, 4 or 5 years before I thought of putting my two loves together? Sheesh!
Autonomous Drive, Line/ Maze Follow, Drawing, Mapping, RC Drive
- Actuators / output devices: (2) Little Black Duck gear motor
- Control method: autonomous
- CPU: Dagu Micro Magician
- Operating system: Arduino
- Power source: (4) AAA rechargable
- Programming language: Arduino
- Sensors / input devices: 3-Position IR object sensor
- Target environment: smooth surfaces
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/tadpole-wood
Way ahead of you, Max
You know, in addition to being a Carpenter, I can hold my own in a finish room as well. I am doing one now in a full French Polish (hand rubbed, obviously) with hand-cut shellac. Grain fill, alcohol dye instead of heavy stain, Rotten Stone as a final polish . I am also on the lookout for a few exotics to use as well --Tiger or Bird’s Eye Maple, Figured Mahogany… Easy to get as a veneer, not quite as easy to get all ready made into plywood.
P.s. --Nice wooded Bender reference, my friend.
Deserves a nice mahogany
Deserves a nice mahogany desk to roll around on top of 
gotta love the birch
I get this stuff from a neighborhood craft wood store for pennies. Unofficial rule is the first is on wood. It hits the craft spot but doesn’t waste my expensive acrylic. :-)
Funny you say that, Frank
I have done some research and I found a supplier where I can get the plywood at less than 1/2 the cost of my Plexiglass. This might be my new favorite material…
Elegant
Your workmanship is so elegant its almost painful for mere mortals to look at. I realize its laser cut, but its just so well done.
What did you make the tires from, if I might ask?
