I built a wall climbing robot and it's incredibly fast :-)

I wanted to build a wall climbing robot for our third challenge "The robot wall race" and it ended up with an awsemoe fast rc racing car that is so much fun to steer. I would like to share it with you.

This video will guide you through the design, assembly and function of Sonic: The wall racing robot:

This robot is unbelievably fun to steer and simple to build. All Stl. files, partlist...etc are available for free. You can build it yourself and try it out .

let my know your opinion.

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I wouldn't call it robot. You have my like though.

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cool RC device and nice work putting this together!

(would call it a robot if the propeller tilt to stay in contact with the surface was automatic)

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Do you have dxf files so I can print the parts?

Which Arduino did you use?

none :slight_smile:
he just has an RC receiver

So it's NOT an Arduino project.

How does it help anyone or provide any kind of useful information to anyone on this forum?

Nope... but the category is Robotics where you can discuss "Platforms, motors, algorithms and sensors to conform robotics projects"

so let's say it's a motor and RC showcase :slight_smile:

(hence @Budvar10 or my comment about adding some intelligence to call that a robot - which could become an interesting project = add a distance detection sensor (ToF) sensor below the "robot" and use PID to constrain the propeller so that the "robot" sticks to ground and does not start flying around)

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Well i really didn't want to disturbe anyone in this forum by posting this. i thought it might be interessting although it has no arduino anymore on board. it started with one though :slight_smile:

i already had a version with an arduino, an mpu6050 to control the angle of the propeller and a couple of mini dc motors to be able to go from ground to wall without any external help. but unfortunatelly it was too heavy, so i had to drop a lot of stuff to keep it light. So it started actually as an arduino project and it might end up in one as well in the further development.

@jim-p DXF files are 2D. Im afraid they won't help you printing the parts. but i could provide you with stl or step files.

Step would be good. Please post them here.

i will post a link in this forum within the two days with a partlist and all stl/step files.

as promised, here is a link to all stl. files:

Hello

Are there any resources or tutorials you found particularly helpful during the building process?

This is really amazing. I will try it for sure :slightly_smiling_face:

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Can you post them here on the Arduino forum?
You need an account to access those files

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There you go:
Sonic_stl_files.zip (509,4 KB)

enjoy. Let me know if you need further help.

Hi,
no not really to be honest. I had to print a lot of parts to reach a reasonable weight and stabilty. Once you have the stl. files all you need is to print and connect the brushless motor controller and servo to an rc reveiver and you are ready to go. If you have any specific problems, you can write here and i will help.

What is the weight?

I don't know exactly the weight after a couple of small modifications But it was round about 920g.