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Hello, I was wondering if I could get some advice on how to build a robot that can traverse the inside of a twisting square tube, whilst staying at its centre.
Heres an image of the kind of tube it will be:
Its probably doable with a rollercoaster style design but it seems like an expensive and complicated task to put in the rails.
Would a robot with wheels on opposite sides of the wall just jam?
Ideally I wouldn't be constructing anything on the surface of the tube but perhaps lining the edge with gear teeth would help simplify things in terms of slippage etc.
Bit of a strange problem I know: building it for a film prop, it will look cool when its done ;)
Heres an image of the kind of tube it will be:
Its probably doable with a rollercoaster style design but it seems like an expensive and complicated task to put in the rails.
Would a robot with wheels on opposite sides of the wall just jam?
Ideally I wouldn't be constructing anything on the surface of the tube but perhaps lining the edge with gear teeth would help simplify things in terms of slippage etc.
Bit of a strange problem I know: building it for a film prop, it will look cool when its done ;)