Chasses for Thought

erco

Big fun poking around the DF Robot site.

Balancing robot (Segway style) with an elliptical side profile. If & when it falls over, it should rock & roll, not slam: http://www.dfrobot.com.cn/goods.php?id=824

This triangular all-tread chassis might appeal to Amanda, Duane & Martin_H: http://www.dfrobot.com.cn/goods.php?id=800

Everybody loves an orange quad walker: http://www.dfrobot.com.cn/goods.php?id=805

More at homepage http://www.dfrobot.com.cn/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=491

blittled

Erco, do you yen for those robots? If I need a translator I'll come to you! BTW they are cool chassis.

erco

Google translate does a great job, always quicker and occasionally better than my Chinese & Taiwanese friends.

http://translate.google.com/

xanadu

Makeblock stuff is cool and that's the third website I've seen that sells it without listing dimensions other than a parts list.

Zoot

Just go to the English and U.S. dollar version of the site. The balancing 'bot (which looks quite cool) is $399.

e.g.
http://www.dfrobot.com/
http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=37_69&page=2

xanadu

Some of them have descriptions. Most do not. For example - http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=37_69&product_id=1053#.UqppwfRDv4w

Say you want to know how big that chassis it, or the motor shaft size. The only way I see is to look at each part individually.. Am I missing something? It's no big deal I just thought it was strange they wouldn't have more details. I think it was a recent kickstarter maybe they're just busy.

erco

erco wrote: »

Everybody loves an orange quad walker: http://www.dfrobot.com.cn/goods.php?id=805

My bad, it's a hexapod, available in blue on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hexy-the-Hexapod-Robot-A-Six-Legged-Walking-Arduino-Compatible-Robot-Kit-/151141562618?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2330bd38fa#ht_1008wt_1128