[mowbot] Chassis Material

KEN_REED nospam at hp-boise-om2.om.hp.com
Thu, 6 Feb 97 13:10:06 -0700

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Greeting MowBotHeads;

Has anyone considered using LEGO pieces for their Mowbot chassis, or
other parts of their MowBot. According to the FAQ, LEGO structures
are quite strong. Seems that a robot chassis made of LEGO pieces
epoxied together would be pretty tough, colorful, and weather
resistant. Lots of different configurations could be made/tried.
There are also a couple of competing products with LEGO like pieces,
but on different scales and with different properties.

Its just an idea to kick around. Possibly there is a prejudice
against the way it would look.

My chassis is aluminum but I have access to a metal shear and metal
brake for forming pieces. Since that may not be the case for many
MowBotHeads, some other material might work well.

By the way, have you noticed the posts on news.comp.robotics.misc about really
big robot lawn mowers, with gasoline engines, etc. What do you think?

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