Ethan Tamasar built a remote controlled Nerf tank robot on an Actobotics Agent 390 tracked chassis. Two large gearmotors drive the treads through a RoboClaw 2x60A motor controller running in RC mode with a FlySky transmitter and receiver, an 8,000mAh lithium polymer pack powers the whole robot, and a toy Nerf gatling gun on top fires darts by radio control.
A YouTube user named Ethan Tamasar posted a video of his remote controlled Nerf dart firing tank robot. The robot is built around an Actobotics Agent 390 chassis, which contains a pair of large gearmotors that drive the two tank treads. The gearmotors are controlled by a RoboClaw 2x60A motor controller. The RC mode of the RoboClaw allows the robot to be driven with a standard RC transmitter when a matching RC receiver is connected; the transmitter and receiver used in this build are both made by FlySky. The whole robot is powered by a large 8,000mAh lithium polymer battery pack. The most obvious feature of the bot is the large toy gatling gun that fires Nerf darts by radio control, and in the video below it can be seen rapidly firing darts.
ServoCity has since discontinued the Agent 390 chassis and suggests its Outlaw chassis kit as a replacement. Any tracked or skid-steer chassis with two drive motors works the same way with a RoboClaw in RC mode.
Key Features
- Actobotics Agent 390 tracked chassis with two large gearmotors
- RoboClaw 2x60A motor controller in RC mode
- FlySky RC transmitter and receiver for driving and firing
- 8,000mAh lithium polymer battery pack
- Toy Nerf gatling gun that fires darts by radio control
We thank Ethan for taking the time to post his project for the world to see and for using a RoboClaw motor controller in his build.
Next Steps
To build a tracked robot like this one, RoboClaw RC Controlled Differential Drive Setup walks through wiring an RC receiver to a RoboClaw and configuring RC mode for skid steering, and Combat Robot RC Setup covers the same setup for a robot that takes a beating. The RoboClaw 2x60A motor controller used here has plenty of headroom for large gearmotors; Motor Controller Selection explains how to size one for your motors.
