As I mentioned before, we built a robot for a science olympiad competition.
Even though the competition only lasts 3 minutes, my son used the robot a lot for two weeks to practice.
What we discovered is that the tracked chassis just is not built to last, the track stretched after two weeks and started slipping.
Anyway, the reason for my question is that I decided to buy a surveillance robot for my warehouse, with a camera and a LED light mounted on an arm, that I would remotely drive around my warehouse from home to look at various corners.
I have no problem building a control system, however, I want to buy a wheeled chassis that would not be a cheap Chinese imitation of a real product, and that could be capable of lasting for several hundred hours of driving. I can build one myself if necessary, but I wanted to check with you guys to see what you think.
The easiest would be to make a skid steer type 4WD wheeled platform.
It would drive on the concrete floor, maybe over extension cords and such.
Any suggestions for something that would be a quality product and capable of lasting up to 1,000 hours of use?
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