Building the ROS Robot: Chassis, Wiring, and Safety

Build it right, fix it less later

The electronics deck

I stumbled on the Weddell 2 ROS Robot by user pokpong on Thingiverse, and was very impressed. It was very close to what I was after. I wanted something large enough to carry a Raspberry Pi and sensors, a reasonable battery pack and a microcontroller. I couldn’t source the motors the original device used, so I made a…