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A project log for P.A.L. - Self Programming AI Robot

P.A.L. : Personable Autonomous Learning - Self Programming Robot that learns and grows - Each robot developes a unique personality.

thundersqueakThunderSqueak 07/16/2016 at 20:380 Comments

There are 76 of the treads printed for each track, with one tread every other link. The result looks like this.

To connect them, simply use a pop rivet that is the proper length to go through the tread and the chain link and out the other side. The only issue I ran into is the occasional rivet that would either break off leaving a small spike that I need to ground off or in the rare occasion where the rivet would not break at all and the plastic tread would break. The track turned out extremely flexible :)

I am compiling a list of parts as I go, and will update that list with a note where that part goes as things are built.

Sadly, my lab assistant (pictured below) doesn't want to build me another track, cornered him to ask why and he mumbled something about another 152 rivets is not for today. :p

Cheers :)

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