you could add some bristles to the bottom of the bot to add nice forward movement. maybe some wire brush or some toothbrushes. it would become a steerable bristle drive
You're right I tried quickly experimenting with some 3d printed bristles a few days before the tournament. But no matter what, it still wanted to go backwards
Is there a reason you aren't thinking about 95A? I've been working on a torque reaction walker that used 95A and it seems like it will be rigid enough. (the electronics were being problematic at the first event it went to so we only had it walking for maybe 30 second but it seemed like it would work once we got things tuned)
@@lizrrdbreathI guess it would come down* to geometry and how much stiffness you get vs how much force is trying to bend things As you can probably tell, I'm no expert 😅
The feet on Shea’s featherweight cookie (shell spinner) has cat brushes that only allow for movement in one direction. She uses an imbalanced weapon to vibrate forward. The video should be on NHRL’s channel, “why I build robots without wheels” or something like that.
@@paydaygh9388 I've seen that video!!! Thank you! I know there's a whole theory behind bristle bots, but I was on a time crunch. I'll have to do some research before the next iteration.
