The Tri-Track rover and Base Rotate kits are in stock!

Lynxmotion Rovers, Sumo, and Tracked
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We have finally got the Tri-Track rover and the Base Rotate kits in stock! I will add a list of the brackets required to build Johnny 5 today. May the force be with you… 8)

lynxmotion.com/Category.aspx?CategoryID=103

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Hmmmmm, I could put one of those base rotate kits on top of WALTER’s new body when I get the decks made. :smiley: :smiley:

Hmmmmmmmmm, nice place to put an arm to be rotated. :smiley:

8-Dale

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cool!! will it work with other servos tahn the ones mention you think? it should be very similar no?

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the base rotate kit will be great on my far away project: put a air soft gun on my ch3-r hexapod

furst i have to know how to program it :laughing:

that’s not funny :imp:

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AAAAHhHhhhh,i cant wait to get that… :wink:

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What I have always wanted and it’s not even Xmas! :laughing:

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Yes, of course, but the real question we all want to know Mike is if you will break open your piggy bank?

:stuck_out_tongue: :laughing: :smiley:

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Ordered mine yesterday…soooooo excited!

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Lucky :laughing:

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No, because when I pick it up to shake it I can still hear money shaking around which means there is still more room in there… :laughing:

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LOL! :laughing:

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Will it be possible to purchase just the Panels, standoffs, and other hardware? A Chassis Kit without the Motors and Tracks?

I’ve already got several sets of Tracks as well as several pairs of motors.

Thanks,

Kenny

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Jim,

Are you only going to offer the Tracked System as the Tri-Track Rover or will you eventually (sooner is better than later) offer it as the original Rover configuration (both front and back sprokets at the same level)?

Regards,
TCIII

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Email me and we will see what we can do. I will try to help you.

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I do plan to offer the other style ans well as several much larger styles. I hope to complete the original rover style this summer. I’m sorry, but I can’t be more specific than that right now.

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Jim,

Thanks for the response and the update of your plans for the Tracked System.

A larger Tracked System than you are producing now would really fit into my future plans!

Regards,
TCIII

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Hiya Jim,
The TriTrack kit looks like a decent start…

Which of your motor controllers do you recommend using with it?

I plan on having a full J5 torso/arms/head/toolbox on it…

Will the included DC motors handle that ok?

Also, I plan on using four Lynx wireless PS2 controllers to control it…

What do you recommend as the interfacing electronics between the PS2 controllers and the motor controllers?

A mini ABB I assume? I think I read somewhere it would handle up to four wireless PS2 controllers ok?

Also, will the ABB handle two SSC32 controllers ok?

Also I plan to modify it so it elevates like the real J5…

Thanks
MJL

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I have been using the Sabertooth 2 x 5 for my testing.

Yes, they should be fine.

4 controllers can be run at the same time, but I have not read here that 4 can be connected to a Bot Board. I went into more detail in a post to you yesterday.

The Bot Board can handle 20 SSC-32’s, but you shouldn’t need more than one for a Johnny 5 robot.

Cool. :smiley:

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Hiya Jim,
Thanks for the info…

I assume that I can’t just hook the PS2 controllers right up to the servo and motor controllers…

So I need some type of translation electronics to handle/interpret the commands from the PS2s and forward them on to the servo and motor controllers…

I thought this was the ABB? Or is it the SSC32?

Maybe a combination of both?

I haven’t ever used the PS2s, ABB, SSC32, or any of the motor controllers you offer yet; so I’m trying to get a feel as to how everything works together…

My apologies for the naive questions…

Thanks

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Hi Jim,

Can you say if the much larger styles will have a sprocket to sproket wheel base of between 18 to 24 inches?

Regards,
TCIII