Sort out robot frame construction material

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hitchBOT - Canada's hitch-hiking robot

http://hitchbot.me

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Sort out robot frame construction material #65

Closed gagichce closed 9 years ago

gagichce commented 9 years ago

Copper pipe again? Plastic.. ABS? Carbon Fiber?

-- Time permitting!

gagichce commented 9 years ago

Arms Plastic CPVC, 1/2 inch.

Legs not 100% sure yet. May need to switch to 3/4 inch CPVC as 1/2 inch seems flimsy.

gagichce commented 9 years ago

It has been decided for the legs and tripod: copper tubing will be used. I have figured out a way to hot solder inside the bucket without melting it. Going with this method will fix the "shaky" legs problem we saw in v1.0

The plastic is probably string enough, but due to its larger diameter the pool noodles would have to be bored out somehow. This is one hell of a task, one I do not wish to take on.