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Re: Personal Robot Building
I'm James, the kid who works with Andy. I would second everything that Andy said, and I would like to emphasize "vigirous field testing." You shouldn't be afraid to push whatever you build to, and sometimes past, it's limits. You should always be looking at how to you can tweak or upgrade your robot for better performace. As for the wireless video cameras, two servos will go a long way towards it's flexibility and usefulness. What ever you wind up doing with it, have it be original, either in it's application or how you do it. My thesis robot that Andy helped me with had a modular control unit. That unit had the battery, RC, Victors and the camera on it and could be swapped between several different chassis. The clod-buster worked the best with 4wd and 4ws, but there were 1 or two other chassis it could use.
Get parts on eBay! The video camera I used on my project cost $25 with shipping, a pretty sweet deal. There is alomost anything you want on eBay at a good price, I highly reccomend it.
I hope to see a post of your final product, it should be good. PM me if you need any help... there are few problems with this kind of project Andy or I haven't delt with.
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