The last of the balbot parts finally came in today! I’ve been putting stuff together to see if everything fits. So far, things look good! There were also more parts that came in for the joystick, but that’ll get it’s own post when I get to it. Below are some shots of the enclosure coming together.

Important to start with a clean table! (well sort of anyway)

Motors with mounts. These things were a lot bigger than I expected, but still not too bad.

Still using the wheels from the first prototype (that didn’t work really). Hubs are for the 6mm shafts on the new (GIANT) motors.

The motor driver arrived in a nice box, semi-un-assembled from Pololu.

After a quick soldering session, the motor controller’s ready to go.

Laser cut panels from Pololu are awesome! Next time, I’m probably going to skip adding the tolerances I added this time.

Partially assembled! The #8-32 x 3/4 machine screws I used here are a bit big. I can probably get away with 1/2″.

Things fit together quite nicely. After screwing stuff in, the edges barely show any gaps. Once I can get hold of a new 12V battery that isn’t dead, I can hook things up and see what these motors can do. So far, the body panels + hardware holding them together weighs ~1 pound. The motors look like they could easily handle that.