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I have built a prototype for a tank-based robot which I am going to test out: 


It was made from spare parts which included foamboard, Raspberry Pi 3B+, L298N motor controller, battery pack, an aluminum tank chassis and two 300rpm dc motors. I controlled it over SSH via my laptop however I hope to soon control it via a PS4 controller or something similar to that. 

I decided that I would make both a tracked tank robot as well as a 4wd robot and compare them both to see which one I prefer. The robot that I do not choose will be used as a backup as it will be useful
if anything bad happens to my primary robot (ie big mechanical failures). Next, I will build my 4wd robot using the ThunderBorg motor controller.

Currently, I believe that the 4wd robot will be more useful this year in the challenges and one major drawback of using this tank is that the tracks are very fiddly and are hard to get right.  I have still have a long time until Pi Wars 2020, but I assume that I will have a good working chassis done by the end of November.

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