Fully 3D Printed TANK / Tracked Robot Platform

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In video I will show you how I built a super cool radio controlled 3D Printed tracked vehicle, or a robot platform or a tank, you name it. I designed this thing from scratch to be fully 3D printable so you can easily print everything and build one on your own.
Timestamp:
00:00 Intro
02:20 Design
07:41 3D Printing
8:40 Assembling the Tank
16:53 Electronics
18:47 Custom PCB
19:58 Finishing
23:22 Code
24:23 Testing the Robot Platform
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@HowToMechatronics 7 ай бұрын

I ordered the custom designed PCB from PCBWay: www.pcbway.com/?from=HowToMechatronics Check out my favorite 3D printers, the K1 Max: amzn.to/3txQUC6 or if you are on a budget, the Ender-3 V3 SE: amzn.to/3FkCPus Thanks everyone supporting me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/howtomechatronics I'm looking forward to upgrade this robot platform with both a robotic arm and a turret. Stay tuned!

@RattlesnakeRCandHobbies 5 ай бұрын

I have built this and it has a model snowblower on the front and a custom designed snowcat cab for it. Awesome design! I have a question about motors though; My whole unit weighs about 12lbs and the 300rpm motors i have (same design as you have in your video) are not performing too well after about 7 minute's of usage. I'm wondering what other motor options would fit in the design and be significantly more torquey and powerful.

@JoshMurrah Жыл бұрын

The amount of design work and detail that went into this, is insane - thanks for sharing!

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! To be honest, it took me a lot of time and effort. 🙏

@rexgordon8661 Жыл бұрын

Most professional and thorough video I have ever seen on building something like this! Keep up the good work.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@RattlesnakeRCandHobbies 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely awesome design, and im glad I came across this! Nothing else like it thats fully 3Dprintable and FREE! I have a 3D printed model snowblower i will be attaching to this, I plan to modify the files of the track and get a bit more clearance so it can work in snow, but the size is perfect! As a note, for the control of the motors, you can use regular speed controllers and just use mixes on the radio to completely skip having to use a PCB and program it; I have done this on a few smaller RC tracked vehicle projects and works quite well! There are a few online videos for setting this up.

@GoatZilla Жыл бұрын

Tracks take a surprising amount of torque to run, particularly when turning. That's why some toy tanks have slips built into the gearing in order to not overload the motor/controllers.

@TheLastCrankers Жыл бұрын

This is basically my thesis project for my robotics degree, but you knew what you were doing, had money, time and tools lmao. Nice to see what could've been. Yours is also waaay more of what I thought my project was gonna turn out like.

@WorldPowerLabs Жыл бұрын

My senior design project (some 20 years ago) was an autonomous wheeled robot. If I had some of the ready-made, open-source navigation systems available now, it might have actually worked right. The single-board computer and the navigation subsystems were so power-hungry, battery life was on the order of 15 minutes between R/C battery swaps. Oh, well... it was fun and it earned me an "A" (would have been an "A+" if nav. had worked right).

@Wingnut353 11 күн бұрын

@@WorldPowerLabs Same here except more like 12 years ago. We got 2nd place actually behind a mobile solar generation project.

@benitoalonso9037 Жыл бұрын

Simply fantastic, thank you for your job and explanations !

@vukasinterzic Жыл бұрын

This is a great design! I already have most of the parts and I will attempt to make it! Thank you! Looking forward to future upgrades :)

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! Have fun building one! :)

@U-Tech20 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for such a well explained and detailed video.

@ashers_workshop Жыл бұрын

Yes, a turret would be NICE!!! Please make the turret!

@Jim_One-wl4ke 3 ай бұрын

Awesome work & lots of ideas presented. Thanks for sharing ❤

@navigas93 Жыл бұрын

Awesome details in this project! I am especially impressed by the details around the track and the suspension. Perfect for my next project, when my Voron 2.4 is up and running. Thank you for your effort and transparency!

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch!

@alexnewton3376 Жыл бұрын

Awesome design. The best diy engineering channel on KZfaq.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@walthermatthau9537 Жыл бұрын

VERY COOL! Excellent work!

@wizzardofwizzards Жыл бұрын

Nice design. Extraordinary 3D printed endeavor! I was unaware until now of the Solidworks for makers, great tip!

@weddellseal8414 Жыл бұрын

if you want the best tracks use a outside sproket like the ones you see on t72 or t90 and Abrams. some are double pinned but single pin is fine also. and a tall track horn helps to keep things in line

@ChopterMan 8 ай бұрын

I made a project of my own similar to this one, two years ago... Since it was a self navigation project I had to include two hall sensors one in each of the motor (since DC motors are difficult to keep at the same speed). Without these sensor it would be very hard to navigate autonomously. As a autonomous navigation system I didn't need to use a transmitter. This project included a GPS, Compass, Bluetooth for communication and status. Projects like this on you tube are magnificent to explore our logical and mechanical capabilities as home engineers. Cheers! Loved the tank.

@moditrix Жыл бұрын

A great and inspiring project. using your own microcontroller with your own software opens up a lot of great possibilities and applications. Great write up of what and how and why you did it the way you did. I have an immediate desire to do such a project as well. I personally am very close to mechanics and manufacturing. I'm much worse with electronics, I couldn't invent electronics for peripherals on my own. and that limits me. However, videos like this inspire me and make me want to educate myself further and maybe start studying electronics. Because as you can see, when you master all these fields, you can do anything. Thanks for sharing.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Words like these are also inspiring for me, to do more and better next time. Yeah, we should always keep educating ourselves, every effort pays off. Cheers! 😀

@OMNI_INFINITY 11 ай бұрын

Wow! Saw now. Thanks! Great channel!

@muhammmadrizwan7334 Жыл бұрын

I must pay thanks to you for your work. I am really glad. Thanks again.

@newt2010 Жыл бұрын

Sweet build. That is a lot of printing. Great detail in explaining the build. The tracks look amazing. Cheers

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@highdesertbiker 8 ай бұрын

dude AWESOME VIDEO, so cool that you are doing this concept

@noorpola6889 Жыл бұрын

You are very creative man, thanks for sharing 👍

@ROBO_Roundup Жыл бұрын

It was really amazing to see your work experience, thank you so much ✨

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@herbi102 Ай бұрын

Beautiful, clean and the guy knows how to solder, which is rare in clips on KZfaq !

@cardriverfreerider9783 9 ай бұрын

Good job! Am so amazed about this stuff

@Cvile69 Жыл бұрын

The track system and its suspension is amazing, I'm printing it for my project now

@lets.powerup 6 ай бұрын

This is really passionate work, keep it up buddy.

@SONO4B11T Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this... I'm more excited than ever about going to university now!

@bogasni Жыл бұрын

Amazing really love what you do and am going to build something similar soon so this helps!

@peterdlynes 5 ай бұрын

Very nice tank project. Thanks for sharing.

@HowToMechatronics 4 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

@MirkoPavleskiMK Жыл бұрын

Really beautiful design as always. Thanks for sharing

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mirko, I'm glad to hear that from you! Cheers!

@amitkeynan922 Жыл бұрын

Awesome project, thank you for sharing your work.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@elnurmehdiyev5062 10 ай бұрын

Such a great project, thank you for sharing files!

@HowToMechatronics 9 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@elnurmehdiyev5062 9 ай бұрын

@@HowToMechatronics would be great to implement brushless motors on it - more torque/speed. Also wifi, camera and solar panels would make it fully independent robot patroling garden on my absence.

@HaCkIsS2 Жыл бұрын

Incredible work. Amazing. Congratulations my friend. Everything you make is astonishing!

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@someadvids5655 Жыл бұрын

Love this one thanks for this! take care

@antibrevity Жыл бұрын

Nice project and good to see you again.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks!

@usamakhan4176 Жыл бұрын

Amazing design with awesome details.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@kennethhawkins5943 11 ай бұрын

This is an amazing project. Well done.

@HowToMechatronics 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@hightech7744 Жыл бұрын

Impressive...I loved all the details.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@Gaminglord-oq2wl 4 ай бұрын

Hi Dejan, thx for making everything public of your project. I build based on your files a ros2 based version of it.

@daveschings828 Жыл бұрын

I got my tank up and running and my dogs like to bark at it! Thanks for sharing your amazing design and especially for providing the .STEP file which allowed me to make some component modifications. I had trouble printing the front chassis component because I got warping of the portion that overhangs the bedplate and couldn't install the bearings. Even with supports it would warp up off the supports. I also designed a battery holder and receiver holder and was able to line the holes up perfectly thanks to the .STEP file. Something that wasn't mentioned in your video was the setup of the transmitter, the switches need to be enabled to operate the lights. Also, to set up Failsafe to 1500 throttle (0 speed) if it loses connection between transmitter and receiver. I also made some modifications to the drive algorithm because I wanted to get counter rotation at no forward/backward speed. Now it will spin on the center axis. I also corrected an issue with the tank going forward with very slight backward throttle. Thanks again!

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear when someone remakes a project. I believe you had fun, but of course there will be always something that needs to be modified or improved or troubleshoot when remaking a project. Cheers! 😀

@mrinmoybanik5598 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you should add a 3d printed automatic gear system between the sprocket and the motors. Like even my toy tank has a pretty massive one spanning the entire length of the chassi. You can also add guidance rollers to support the top hanging part of the track.

@ChoaibElmadi Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial ❤️😍

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

@tribolex 6 ай бұрын

wow learned so much today!!

@sujithkr136 Жыл бұрын

The tanks look is awesome..

@PauloSergioDiasCarmo Жыл бұрын

Your channel always has great videos, thanks for sharing.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@danielitaliano4531 6 ай бұрын

Me gustó, buena máquina..felicitaciones...

@AmanSingh_YT Жыл бұрын

Finally after a long time with a great Arduino project 🤩

@peterboy209 Жыл бұрын

A great Platform for a swedish "Stridsvagn 103". Thanks for sharing 👍

@Alessandr0cchi0 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful,, a very interesting project, you made me want to print it!

@HowToMechatronics 8 ай бұрын

Thanks,, Go for it! :)

@tristanbranch8513 8 ай бұрын

Bro this is awesome keep it up

@jaydekaytv 10 ай бұрын

Great job on this overall!

@HowToMechatronics 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@suambuli Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@michellepreiml7751 5 ай бұрын

You´re genius ,..svaka cast :) im just now downloaded the tank at cults3d and wanna prepare the printing.....hvala za trud :) greetz Vanja from BUPF-Tech Austria

@simonabboud5987 Жыл бұрын

I’ve learned a lot., always enjoy your project

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@danitegue Жыл бұрын

Great work!, But I wonder why did you use DC motors instead of low KV high torque brushless motors?. Also giving more space between the tracks and the upper skirt probably could help to reduce the random track jams. In any case, great video, and congratulations for your patience with these long 3D prints!

@cristiana1373 Жыл бұрын

Great job!👏👏👏👍👍👍

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@ovalwingnut 10 ай бұрын

Fully printed? Hardware, springs LEDs and everything? Fantastic!!! Thumbs up! You RoCk

@piconano Жыл бұрын

Great looking design.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@phillipdevillephysics9096 3 ай бұрын

Nice Christie suspension, I like that you kept it simple. I think instead of 3D printing the entire control cavity, I will use an extruded aluminum frame. The treads are nice.

@iloverobotics113 Жыл бұрын

Great. Thank you!

@Tk0mma Жыл бұрын

great project, thanks very much

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

@hasanrcn Жыл бұрын

it's very fun to do. But costly. beautiful model. quality content.

@ashers_workshop Жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤ I gonna make it sometime!

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Have fun build one!

@Pluap Жыл бұрын

I love the idler wheel mechanism

@ifell3 Жыл бұрын

Wow this is an awesome design. I bet you're really proud

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yep, considering the amount time and effort I put into making it, I'm pleased how it turned out!

@proz71ful19 10 ай бұрын

22:05 The red wire you soldered to the motor looks like it may be touching the motor housing.. just something I noticed! Such a cool inspiring build

@zlatimirivanov3615 Жыл бұрын

Great job!

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@badraa7838 Жыл бұрын

Nice work!

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@fouzaialaa7962 Жыл бұрын

this is absolutely cool !! i might use the tracks and the motion system, also bearings are expensive so i might delete them and use smooth screws as bearings also i think its the driver acting up and not an underpowered motors ,DC motors can put up with over current abuse so i think the driver is your limitation

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah, that's true, getting rid of the bearings can be a significant cost cut. Not sure whether the driver was the limit. It was capable of delivering up to 2A of continuous current, but the motor itself was only 0.5A, or 6W. In addition to that 888 RPM which means poor torque. The whole motion system has a lot of parts causing quite some resistance.

@Bianchi77 Жыл бұрын

Nice video ,thanks :)

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

@masakih7549 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for providing an excellent video. In the video, you are analyzing the kinematics of the suspension. What functions are being used to calculate the vectors and torques? If possible, could you please let me know?

@matouslexa2731 Жыл бұрын

Very good job ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sssssssssssssssssssssssssssBUM Жыл бұрын

it's amazing maaannnn thanks

@luisrey8986 Жыл бұрын

Excelente! 😃👍

@serta5727 Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s impressive

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@khanbusyboy Жыл бұрын

Very nice bro

@Aditya-rp3lm Жыл бұрын

This is amazing! you can probably make a tank simulation with this

@user-bc1qc7vb4m Жыл бұрын

классный танк, надо бы тоже что-то подобное сделать

@nik5085 Жыл бұрын

Amazing design no cap

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@mariobouchard6189 9 ай бұрын

Cool project! Maybe adding a gearbox for the motors or changing the motors for stepper motors.

@SpringySpring04 Жыл бұрын

When you add a turret to it you should try to see if it can cross a little makeshift trench. It would be awesome to see this thing going over a gap like that

@puneet9628 Жыл бұрын

I don't know, how much it matters to you. But for me this is a God level of engineering/robotics. Thanks to you and to the internet i am sitting here in a remote village of India and can see and learn this beautiful creation ☮️🙏

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Sure I understand that, I've learned a lot thanks the same way, from other people who are sharing knowledge on the internet. It's really a fascinating how things work these days. Cheers!

@savneetsinghrairai6823 Жыл бұрын

Yeh brother same here it is a dream for u n me the level of engineering is amazing.... someday may we get resources to print it

@ranban71 6 ай бұрын

Привет из Казахстана!!! Hello from Kazakhstan!!!

@ivanilsonfragadeoliveira3068 Жыл бұрын

isso é uma máquina 👏

@Muskoheim 3 ай бұрын

Amazing! I'm not equipped to do it, but I wonder if the plans might be altered to incorporate a SG 1203 RC tank drivetrain and electronics. It uses a clever gearbox that uses one drive motor and a smaller steering motor. That way, for about $80, motors, gearbox, 2 (2s) batteries, and transmitter (pistol grip and wheel type) are all scavengable. Plus, it's got plenty of torque and runs at about 4mph.

@MegaTraxxas Жыл бұрын

We will wait for new videos about that robot

@aaronwunderlich3070 Жыл бұрын

Excellent as always! Was hoping to see you utilize your transmitter/receiver though. Nice to push your audience right back into your catalog.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah, I though of using the transmitter, that's why included a NRF24L01 connection on the PCB. I didn't want to go all in "DIY". With the Flysky transmitter is obviously easier to get this project working. But as said in the video, I plan to make some upgrades to the platform, so I could utilize the custom transmitter for the next video. Cheers!

@aaronwunderlich3070 Жыл бұрын

@@HowToMechatronics Yes, I commented too soon! In any event, simply excellent as always! My son really liked this, so we may have a go of building this together. :)

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Have fun building one! :)

@nedash71 Жыл бұрын

Great build! Are you reserving the left stick of your controller for the turret? I wondered why you built a tracked vehicle, but didn't implement skid steering (independent controls for each track) so that the tank could rotate in place.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yep, a turret is on my to-do list already! Well the has independent motors for each track so it's just a matter of programing the controller to do the skid steering.

@thanhnam5268 Жыл бұрын

Damn, i just learn a whole mechanism of a tank. Slick

@MegaTraxxas Жыл бұрын

Amazing project, I'm designing something similar and could say it's really hard

@zanonguascar7999 Жыл бұрын

AWESOME!

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ObsequiousV4 2 ай бұрын

this is so epic

@teknoman117 Жыл бұрын

Are the tracks printed out of a hard plastic or something flexible like TPE? One of the things that I've had trouble with with various tank kits in general is that the tracks are hard plastic and you don't get any traction on smooth surfaces. Would be neat the have rubbery track links for grip on hardwood floors and such.

@raalexander8708 4 ай бұрын

Dope❤🎉

@GNARGNARHEAD Жыл бұрын

thought the headlight explanation was a really nice tough, great sneaky introduction to some basics 👌

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Cheers! 😀

@bahadrgergin6334 Жыл бұрын

Mükemmel 👏

@PunakiviAddikti Жыл бұрын

Here's some possible modifications. High power LEDs. Should be easy to implement, just replace the transistors with MOSFETs and add a gate resistor. FPV camera and VTX. Very easy to implement. Just need a place to mount it and power the VTX. Brushless motors. A bit harder to implement, you'll need a drive train. A belt reduction or small metal gearbox should do it. Plenty of power and super fast speeds. ESC's are super easy to wire up. For those who don't want to wire up an Arduino, you could get brushed ESC's or convert to brushless and wire everything up to the receiver. Tank mixing can be done in the controller setup. Flight controller. Might sound a bit silly, but that's just in the name. Flight controllers are essentially a collection of sensors and a CPU that you can make do whatever you want. The gyro can help you drive straight. You can add GPS. And you can install a FPV camera and enable the OSD and overlay stuff like artificial horizon, battery voltage, percentage and low battery alarm, ESC overheat alarm, speedometer and home arrow (with GPS installed) and more.

@HowToMechatronics Жыл бұрын

These are really great suggestions! Thanks!