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Assembly Instructions:

1) The RoadRunner platform already comes with the drilled holes so that the parts that need to be attached fit right in. The clear plastic that sticks out in the front is where the ball bearing caster screws on to the platform.

 

2) Position caster.

 

3) This is what the platform should look like after the caster is screwed into the base.

 

4) These are the servos that were turned into DC motors. A servo is converted into a DC motor by removing the white wire (signal wire) and replacing it with the red wire (power). Next, the servo must be taken apart. Desolder the red, white, and black wires, ensuring to completely take the signal (white) wire off and attach the red and black wires, respectively to the positive and negative connections. This converts the servo into a DC motor similar to the motors shown below.

 

5) These are the two wheels that will be attached to the servos, which have been converted into DC motors.

 

6) This is a front and back view on how your wheels should look, attached to the motors.

 

7) After the wheels are attached, the next step is to attach the motors to the platform. This is done by screwing both motors onto the bottom of the platform as shown.

 

8) On the bottom is a picture of the 1.5” screw, bolt, and 1” spacer needed to place the circuit board on top of. Four of each of these are recommended to properly affix the circuit board to the RoadRunner platform.

 

9) Below is the RoadRunner circuit board. This will be placed on top of the RoadRunner platform.


10) After the circuit board is placed on the platform, it should look like the picture below.

 

11) A Bluetooth chip can be added to the robot for the option of wireless communication. RoadRunners can work cooperatively, while communicating with each other and may also be programmed to send data to a remote PC.