Loose the cut outs on the side, more corners for a spinner to latch onto. I'd round off edges where possible.
I'd also have the lifter scoop closer to the ground, but overall looks good
Some good suggestions there, I will definitely look more into the wheel housing 'cutouts' and rounder edges.
As for the scoop/lifter, i'm actually happy with its position, the scoop itself will have quite a sheer so if is running flat to the deck it should have no issue pushing under another bot, which in turn will allow the arm to come into play, this is also a bit of a design feature to reduce damage to the lifting arm done by spinner bot's, I've seen one to many spinners grab hold and chew up the leading edges of wedges and scoops which if the arm is part of the low point risks seriously damaging or ripping the arm clean off.
I've no idea if this will be effective so its trial and error, which i guess i'll find out for sure once the kids take it for a test drive, but for now I am under the impression its going to reduce my repair work and allow the arm to function correctly regardless if the scoop edge is torn to hell.
On a side note i did base this on the way some of the flipper bots use their flippers by pushing the bot back onto itself rather then up in the air, to which adding some protection to the lifter/flipper.
But please keep suggestions coming or improvements coming, it helps!
Clearly the kids gave up after about an hour of arguing over the scissors, tomorrow the wifes going to pick up a 2nd pair... so while the kids decided to go play in minecraft they left me alone to mess about on autodesk.
To which I've started to mock up the front scoop, i think i'll refer to this as a dozer blade since that more accurate in representation. I think i'll try to get this model 3D printed if a friends printer bed is 260x400 since the robots base dimensions are working out to roughly 240x380mm. If not, i'll old school wooden template mockup.
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