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title: "How to Design a Rover Attachment"
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date: "2024-12-31"
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categories: ["Guides"]
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categories: ["3D Printing Guides"]
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tags: []
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excerpt: "Rover attachments are a great way to extend the Rover’s capabilities with 3D printing. It’s a wonderful way to upgrade or customise your Rover to suit any project imaginable.Existing Attachments:Here at Micromelon, we’ve already gone ahead and made a"
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featuredImage: "/images/resources/guide-how-to-design-a-rover-attachment.PNG"
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Rover attachments are a great way to extend the Rover’s capabilities with 3D printing. It’s a wonderful way to upgrade or customise your Rover to suit any project imaginable.
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Here at Micromelon, we’ve already gone ahead and made a few attachments for you to use and take inspiration from. These attachments fit onto the mounting tabs on the rover body and utilise the sensors and servos to transform them into things such as diggers, tippers, or even add claws.
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Domino Layer
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Claw
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Roborave Line Follow
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Ping-Pong Shooter
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Tipper
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Whiteboard Marker Holder
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Seed Planter
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For further information about our existing attachments, visit our page on rover expansions.
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[
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Rover Expansions & 3D Printing
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](/rover-expansion-3d-printing)
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For further information about our existing attachments, visit our page on rover expansions.[Rover Expansions & 3D Printing](/rover-expansion-3d-printing)
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## Constraints:
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Before starting, it is a good idea to have some practice in 3D designing software such as Fusion 360, as some of these designs can get complex.
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**Step 1: **The first step after considering a design is to allocate the servos. As discussed in the constraints, the limitation of servos means moving components on the attachment must be considered carefully.
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**Step 1:** The first step after considering a design is to allocate the servos. As discussed in the constraints, the limitation of servos means moving components on the attachment must be considered carefully.
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**Step 2: **Next, download the basic rover shell from this link: [Basic Shell](/s/Basic-Shell.stp)
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**Step 2:** Next, download the basic rover shell from this link: [Basic Shell](/s/Basic-Shell.stp)
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**Step 3:** Starting from the rover shell upwards, take the attachment step by step. Let's start with where the servos are going to sit. Then finish all your static components before going on the moving pieces. Think about how many parts you want your attachment to be made of. One part? Or an assembly of many parts?
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Below are some valuable sketches and components that can be used to design your attachment.
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Servo Horn Sketch
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Sketch for attaching servo horns to prints. Good to extrude it about 5mm in.
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Servo Mount
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Perfect size for mounting a micro servo.
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#### Connections:
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For a more detailed guide to 3D printing connections and gears, visit the pages shown below.
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Guide To Gears
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](guide-to-using-gears)
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[Guide To Gears](guide-to-using-gears)
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Guide to 3D Printing Connections
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](connections-in-3d-printing)
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[Guide to 3D Printing Connections](connections-in-3d-printing)
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