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RE: New Traxster II Arriving Soon!

jsummerour — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:24:54 GMT

They just got here yesterday! And they are cool! :cool:

The new Traxster is quite a bit simpler to assemble too, as a main goal of mine was to reduce as much assembly hassle as possible. The tolerances for the old Traxster were too tight, and it was sometimes difficult to bolt the drive disks to the drive hubs.

The new powder coat finish is a lot more durable than the anodized finish of the previous Traxster (I wouldn't have thought that until I actually had a prototype powder coated, which changed my mind). I also had the drive disks powder coated, and it turns out that since the finish is a lot slicker than the previous chromate finish, there's less friction in the drive tracks! LoL So, overall the bot is more quiet also.

We have enough bolts right now for almost 20 Traxsters, but they are spoken for. More bolts/nuts are arriving on Wednesday, so we should be able to ship more of the new Traxsters out then. :)

The new Traxsters will be on the website Sunday night. Thanks for asking!

Best Regards!

RE: New Traxster II Arriving Soon!

fakajax — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:58:10 GMT

Dear M. Summerour,

When can we expect the new release ofthe Traxster II ?

thanks and regards.

fakajax

New Traxster II Arriving Soon!

jsummerour — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:47:12 GMT

Last December, we refreshed the Traxster Robot Kit design to improve several aspects of it's desing.

The redesign addressed the following topics:

Refresh overall look and feel
Change to use a more durable two tone orange/gray/black powder coating for the chassis/belly pan/drive disks.
Remove unneeded holes, and add useful ones
Replace solid rear axle with two independent ones. This greatly improves ease of assembly, and removes requirement to adjust play w/ spacers.
Locate batteries beneath chassis to provide more room for accessories on top of chassis.
Add holes for Line Following Sensors
Add hole for Bluetooth Module Antenna
Enlarge drive disk bolt holes to ease assembly
Add holes for Push Button I/O Board

Here are some preliminary pics of the Traxster II.

Traxster II with eBox-2300

Side view of Traxster II with eBox-2300

Bottom side of Traxster II w/ dual 9.6V NiMH batteries.

Rear view of Traxster II. Note Push Button I/O board and horizontal slots for charging system.

Top View of Traxster II chassi with and without eBox-2300. Note, there are holes for mounting servos and/or our CMUcam2/2+/3 Turret.

We will also be adding several sensor accessories in the next few months to allow customer to expand their sensing capabilities with all of our robots.

Best Regards,