Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/693549
CHANGES One may notice the changes made in PIAP TRM 2.0 at first glance, but, obviously, those are not all of the introduced modifications. The first noticed change are the new wheels. They have a more aggressive look, provide better mo- bility and "off-road capability" of the robot. What is more, they work much more quietly in comparison to the previous version. Thanks to optimization of the shape of the tread and application of new elec- tric motors, the robot may move almost noiseless- ly. Another easily noticeable change of the chas- sis of the robot is its "tail". The first version had a tail in form of a steel wire ended with a ball, but after some time of using the robot, it appeared that in some cases such assembly may get destroyed. It usually occurred when the robot was dropped from a great height and landed "on the tail", which lead to deformation of the steel wire. The new tail is in form of two rubber belts with a small stabi- lizing wheel (that prevents the ball from shuffling on the surface and robot's movement is now even more quiet). Apart from stabilization, the tail serves also as shock absorber – its deformation is, then, temporary and goes back to the original shape. Additionally, the robot it was profiled in a way that allows attachment of a small explosive, e.g. a flash- bang that may be detonated with an electric fuse launched via the control panel. The last function of UAV & UGV