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Step 6Rollin'...Rollin'...Rollin' on a TapeScape
In the spirit of the project, how could we not build wheels from tape spools?
Seems like this would be one of the simplest steps, right? But you'd be amazed at the complications we ran into.
First, while trying to fuse the tape spools together with krazy glue, Mike got himself attached to one of the wheels-to-be, resulting in some sore skin, and a wheel with a thumbprint on it.
While it would have been way cool, we knew the wheels couldn't be made completely out of tape because there wouldn't be enough traction, so Ilan found these awesome washer type doodads at Build-It-Green in Astoriahttp://www.bignyc.org/ that we used as "tires".
Well turns out they were just a tad too big and rubbed against each other, so out came Ilan with the dremel and started shaving away- rubber dust on the nose is not a good thing.
But we got 'er done and we think these authentic wheels are mighty purdy.
The idea behind its mobility was that with FF and REV function on each one you could make the robot go forward or backward by using identical functions. To turn you'd just have each side going in opposite directions to make it swivel. Check out the vid.
Seems like this would be one of the simplest steps, right? But you'd be amazed at the complications we ran into.
First, while trying to fuse the tape spools together with krazy glue, Mike got himself attached to one of the wheels-to-be, resulting in some sore skin, and a wheel with a thumbprint on it.
While it would have been way cool, we knew the wheels couldn't be made completely out of tape because there wouldn't be enough traction, so Ilan found these awesome washer type doodads at Build-It-Green in Astoriahttp://www.bignyc.org/ that we used as "tires".
Well turns out they were just a tad too big and rubbed against each other, so out came Ilan with the dremel and started shaving away- rubber dust on the nose is not a good thing.
But we got 'er done and we think these authentic wheels are mighty purdy.
The idea behind its mobility was that with FF and REV function on each one you could make the robot go forward or backward by using identical functions. To turn you'd just have each side going in opposite directions to make it swivel. Check out the vid.
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