first ant build diary!!!

[botomatic1000]

Update: I have ran out of ideas even after having a few days off of thinking about it my cardboard design has not been updated as I know it won't work as a robot and I can't attend aws because I have some medical stuff to do. Anyways I would be too shy to say hello to anyone.

[botomatic1000]

I'm really getting nervous for some reason about not being able to finish this project off every design I try doesn't work.

[joey_picus]

Can you give us a design and an example of why it doesn't work?

[botomatic1000]

For my previous one (I think it may have been posted earlier or at least as s link) the wedge would have been too thick and the wheels too small.

[joey_picus]

How is it too thick? I tend to design around the diameter of the wheels if I'm going invertible, does that help?

[botomatic1000]

I do design on invertability and what I think I done wrong was my idea of attaching the motor mounts to the back plate of the robot so the wheels where at an equal ground clearance each side but the problem with that would have been the minimum height I could have was 3cm which is too big for the wheels to touch the floor. Sorry if this is confusing I really am bad at wording things.

[botomatic1000]

I hope no one is excited about this little robot because A. its just a wedge B. its had lots of delays and C. it will be the worst looking wedge ever. but alas im still running dry on ideas.

[botomatic1000]

Nothing has happened so I have decided to post a photo of my old robot jack the flipper I would have entered as a joke bot for a beetleweight competition

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[joey_picus]

You were able to put a Viper kit together - why would you have trouble with an antweight or ant kit? : <

[botomatic1000]

its all pre cut and nicely screws in plus I did have a little help from a relative.