Do you want to make lawn mowing more fun in the summer, and the snow shoveling easier in the winter? Let's make a multi-purpose track drive robot! Heavy-duty *enough* to do the tasks, and definitely more fun!
Snowblower parts: $50 (new is $450 for 2 track parts)
Wheelchairs: $200-$300 for a pair of motor
Sabertooth: $154.96
RC Transmitter and Receiver: $80
Mobile base: $44
Brackets (all sizes): $200
Nuts, Bolts and other electronic parts: $65
Battery & Charger (re-use): 6S 10000Ah: $150
I have an actuator from wheelchair, will use it to lift the blade/mower!
I got a reel lawn mower (manual one, need to push by hand), for $40. I will attach it to the robot and see
It’s around 20kg, the tracks don’t hurt grass, weight spreading all around, but the key point is we should make a gentle turn on grass. I will capture video with lawn mower on!
Oh wow this is an amazing project, nice to see someone else using invacare motors.
I really wanted to build something like this, but could find anything with a reasonable price range for track steering
After some search i must realize, that it’s really not that easy to find a broken track drive snow blower here in Germany
Whatever, awesome Project! Really impressed of what you did there.
Honestly I have built a remote control mower with two invacare 4 pole motors a 24v alternator and 2x25 sabertooth controller. I used 2 18Ah batteries which is about as small as one can go. Can cause brown outs on the controller even with the 40Ah alternator.
Next time I’m doing a zero turn mower and two servo’s off the 12 volt system no motors since they use hydrostatic transmissions. This is much easier