A Preview of my new robot...

@dronebot-workshop

Looks good, can't wait to see it chasing squirrels 🙂

OMG...  That is cool COOL and BIG.  Can't wait to see what boards are running this Big Boy. 😍 

@dronebot-workshop

you are a tease, making us guess what's in those boxes, and feeding us with previews.  But I think you need to get that bot outdoors before those Autumn leaves turn to snow.  

In my youth I briefly lived and worked in Georgetown near Toronto, and there was snow from October until April.  It was good fun on the snowmobiles, but my impression was of very long winters.  Maybe it was just a cold year and and with the global warming I expect the snow comes later these days.  Maybe you have plans to put a snow shovel on the front.

I do anticipate your upcoming videos with relish.  My outdoor test bot is based on the 4 wheeled version of your 6 wheeler and currently only has one box on top.  I may get box envy. 🤢   Mind you, if a passer by see's your bot they may think its the latest Amazon delivery service and try to relieve it of a box or two. 😎 

@dronebot-workshop

Will be interesting to see what you have managed to implement and if it is ROS based.

My guess is GPS and LIDAR.  And with the camera perhaps it is a semi-autonomous teleoperated robot that uses a wireless network.

My new robot is designed to work outdoors, as well as indoors. But one aspect of running outdoors is that it will get dirty.

Here it is after a run in the Autumn leaves - it took me about 15 minutes to get all the debris out of the chassis!

😎

Bill

@dronebot-workshop 

It looks right at home outdoors too.

Maybe some fly screen fit between the base and the boxes would cut down the dirt and leaf collection.

@dronebot-workshop

Ah, going outdoors with your robot is a big step, and perhaps a slippery slope. You're already crossing over and into the autonomous maintenance phase of mechatronics. Next thing ya know, you'll need to create a swarm of debris removing, RPA (Robotic Process Automation) MAcro-Maintenance-BOt-Swarm (MAMBOS), you'll need more onboard storage for them and for the compartmentalized, debris bins for recycling all the non-organic waste removed, fluid tanks (unless you go the ultra-sonic route), solar panels for battery charging. But wait, the MAMBOS will need their own MIcro-Maintenance-BOt-Swarm (MIMBOS) who, in turn, will need NAMBOS, not to mention the QUEBS (QUantum-Entangled-Bot-Swarm), which are going to be very difficult to keep track of ...

@spudger 

Indeed I have often thought about how a robot needs to self monitor and self correct when things go wrong like losing a leg or have dust on the lens of a camera. The biological world works that way all the way down to self correcting errors in the DNA.

Yay! Very excited to hear more about this. 🙂

@dronebot-workshop 

This is great -  6 Wheel Outdoor Rover - timely the leaves are down and we have snow today

Very interested in this one ; over the summer  I build this  one  while waiting for DB1 to pick up again

see attached

One look at it sitting in the leaves and all I could think of is a turret with a leaf blower mounted on it. It would certainly surprise the dog and squirrels and they couldn't get you for animal cruelty,  "But I was just getting rid of the leaves!".

@arlo 

Adds a whole new layer of meaning to "Blew 'em away" 🙂

Really looking forward to this. I've been contemplating building a line painting robot, for athletic fields. This might be a great staring platform, especially with the GPS-RTK.