pic: T3's Go Cart

[jwallace15]

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[Billfred]

I remember it from when 68 came to Palmetto back in 2006. It spent a lot of time in the corner there too.

We've got first-hand evidence that truck carts can work these days; theirs is pushed from behind and has a much narrower track width. Short of going for the 2014 Sierra shell instead, I think you've hit most of the use cases.

Unless, of course, you find a way to put Super Cruise on it.

(How do I nerd out like this? I work at a GMC dealer.)

[EricH]

I remember it from... Galileo division 2003. As I recall, there was some trouble with it going up ramps, or rather not being able to pull its trailer up the ramps. (Then again... Dem ramps. Ouch.) And it was used back then. Just not on the ramps.

If the trailer's still around, maybe rig it with an electrical system too, to match the truck...

[Agentarrow]

If it's no longer used for towing robots, swapping for better batteries and a more powerful drive motor would be cool. Add a couple of speakers to it so that when you press the horn (or another button) the speakers play a loud V8 rev followed by a thunderclap. That would be a great way to give it a grand entrance to any demonstration.

Edit: I warn against too many lights. While strobes can be cool you don't want the truck to look chintzy and you don't want the lights to be the center of attention. The truck is the cool part.

[eddie12390]

For those of us that have never seen this in action, banana for scale?

[sanddrag]

I remember this from Phoenix, 03 I think.

[RobotDoktor]

Originally Posted by eddie12390

For those of us that have never seen this in action, banana for scale?

That multimeter on the right is close to the size of a banana.

Also, that is pretty cool in general