Make tracks with some PVC pipe and bike chain

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Make tracks with some PVC pipe and bike chain
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Let’s Make Robotics user robodevil built these good-looking homemade tracks for their robot, using a bike chain, a piece of plastic pipe, and some extra hardware. Now I want to see them in action!

10 thoughts on “Make tracks with some PVC pipe and bike chain

  1. NegativeK says:

    Any ideas on driving the tracks? Being able to use bicycle sprockets would be superb, but it looks like the bolts would get in the way.

  2. robothacker says:

    http://letsmakerobots.com/node/21897
    (Linked from article page.)

    1. NegativeK says:

      Thanks! That makes me feel a bit foolish. ;)

      1. theophrastus says:

        don’t feel so, i wondered the exact same thing.

  3. Kawal says:

    hey wow nice to see my work here on makemagazine

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