Assembling the Mini 3-Layer Round Robot chassis kit
The Mini 3-Layer Round Robot chassis kit (Figure 2.1) gives you everything you need to build a two-wheel drive robot chassis. The kit includes the following things:
- Three chassis layers
- Two drive motors (drive with 3-6V DC, 200-400 mA run, 1.5A hard stall)
- Two wheels
- Two rubber treads
- Two red panels
- Four brass standoffs
- Four long screws
- Eight small screws
- Four nuts
- Two small screws
- One nut
- One plastic caster ball
Figure 2.1: Mini 3-Layer Round Robot chassis kit. Image courtesy of Adafruit Industries (https://www.adafruit.com)
Assembling the wheels
First, assemble the two wheels with motors. Take the following things (Figure 2.2):
- Two motors
- Two wheels
- Four long screws
- Four nuts
- Two black panels
Figure 2.2: Things you will need to assemble the wheels. Image courtesy of Adafruit Industries (https://www.adafruit.com); Image credits—John O'Brien-Carelli
The following steps will guide you how to assemble them together:
- Screw the two black panels onto the motors. The...
