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robothut Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 So the screw drive tank project has been in the works for some time now. Making a toy that can not be played with on hard surfaces "since the screw drive units can not bite into anything" did not seem like a great idea, but I thought well many people have rugs and at some point winter will be over and then you can play with it out side in the dirt, or sand or even shallow mud. So the Archimedes Explorer robot tank was born. 3d printed and right now controlled with the RC guts from a toy from Walmart. The first version was the robot cockpit on top design. I decided that a body for the tank would look good if I copied a diesel locomotive or slave unit. Then it hit me to make the top of the body from R2 D2 body parts. The mini robot in the covered cockpit is from my 3d printed wind up robot project in the past. That little robot pushed the FDM printing to max as it is so small an detailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 The toy I gutted for the RC control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Type 2 of the design was to move the robot cockpit to the front and add a lit and rotating effect to the rear. All under 40mm domes. 2 TT gear motors are used to drive the screw units. I printed the parts in what ever color plastic was handy then painted the parts in a gun metal color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 More pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboDerby Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Awesome John!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBODUDE Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 INCREDIBLE !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboto Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Fantastic and very unique! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Gil Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 very nice, John! I can't recall for certain, but it seems like when my son was young, he had a similar r/c toy that we would run in our ponds...? I found it - it was a Tyco Terrain Twister. Quite a bit of fun. I always wanted to try and fish with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Here is a snow test on two new colors of the space screw tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RoboDerby Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Wow! What great toys. The colors work wonderfully John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6Stelab9 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 The snowy landscape is a great stage set for the toys. I like their design and the way you used the R2D2 Body parts. My favorite is the yellow one and the space command stickers make them up to date space toys (even if i am not fond of space militarism). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalRobotHead Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 A new purpose for the Archimedes Screw, incredible ingenuity and great to see in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboCopy Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Great looking space toy and as always ingenious design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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