Help! I don’t know what base to use for my robot.

Well since I have no clue to what your ideas or plans are, I would suggest a base with wheels and motors that can move. Also, use some c-channel to allow you to mount some stuff. But you should probably have wheels.

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A good catch all base would be a wide drivetrain that is 18 x 18 inches. This would provide maximum stability. For legacy, I’ve heard that 6 motor drivebase r good. For v5 maybe 2 motors or 4.

Don’t build to big if you don’t need the space. Or you will run into spacing issues if you need something to be out in front of your robot.

I agree, that’s why my drivebase is super short. But generally, since we dont know what his/her plans are, we’ll just assume

Out of curiosity, what do you mean by super short?

What are you trying to make base for your robot for? light,heavy, fast, slow, strong, or maneuverable. I need to know more what you want.

Drivebase probably isn’t more than 12 inches

Personally I’d go for a base that is as low to the ground as physically possible (but not scrapping the ground) have the wheels fully enclosed while having the base as long and wide as can be. That’s about the simplest way I can think of that is super effective.

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lerker100 June 30, 2019, 6:47pm 3

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