Commendable. You'll go far.
It's probably not safe, no, but it would look cool so don't necessarily write it off...
Sounds like a good plan and congrats on the progress so far. If you fancy a deadline to motivate you I highly recommend signing up to a Robodojo event, not too far from you and you can enter the sportsman contest with minimal chance of your new machine getting trashed!
Good luck and keep up the good work!
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