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All Terrain Robot Building Page
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| General Description |
This is a robot series utilizes four super swamper tires to drive over just about any terrain. It works on any indoor surface and most outdoor surfaces (check out the hill climbing video and curb climbing videos on our main ATR page. Below are the links to different configurations and platforms you can select to customize the ATR to your needs.
There are a lot of other people selling 4WD Robots. We encourage you to look closely at them and compare.
 | Our Frames: Our frames are aircraft aluminum. They are laser cut then fully welded and gusseted. They can handle virtually anything you dish out to them. They are not light gauge sheet metal or plastic. |
| Our Wheel mounts: With the exception of the mini ATR, our wheels are mounted on shafts that are supported by heavy duty sealed ball bearings. The deluxe and Heavy Duty ATRs have two bearings per shaft. Our competitors just mount the wheels to motors; motors are not rated to handle any significant load or impact when configured like this. Don't be embarrassed by getting a robot whose wheels fall off... |
| Our Gear Motors: We use 24VDC planetary gear motors with steel gears. 24VDC equals more power at less current. Our gear housings are very stout and can take the abuse. We tested other gear motors and sometimes did not even get a full battery charge before the motors were smoked or the plastic gears or sintered metal gears were wasted... |
| Our Support: We are not "Fly by night". You need support, call us or email us. We are here to help you! Our website has more than 500 web pages filled with information about our products. When you purchase any of the ATR packages you get access to download our full color highly illustrated detailed manuals. |
| Our Knowledge: We love robotics, its what we do. We will be glad to help you with your needs whether its a custom robot or standard kit. |
Enjoy!
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| Deluxe ATR |
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Our Deluxe ATR is just that, Deluxe. It offers a totally enclosed chassis. The robot can operate in all weather conditions and can be made water tight so you can completely immerse it in water. The wheels are axle mounted and supported using two sealed ball bearings. Each of the four axles are driven by a large and powerful IG42 Gear motor via a cogged timing belt to yield a very smooth and slip free mode of operation. The ends of the shafts are exposed on the inside if you wish to mount encoders to them. Plus many more features. Follow these links for more information about the Deluxe ATR.
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Deluxe ATR Mechanical Description |
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Deluxe ATR Prepackaged Kit |
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ATR Videos |
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| Heavy Duty ATR |
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The Heavy Duty (HD) ATR has the same dual bearing belt drive system as the deluxe ATR, but without the enclosure. The HD ATR allows you to put encoders on the wheel shafts and also allows higher loading than the standard ATR since the wheels are supported by two ball bearings each and the motor does not share the dead load. Follow these links for more information about the HD ATR.
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HD ATR Mechanical Description |
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HD ATR Prepackaged Kit |
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ATR Videos |
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| 2nd Generation Standard ATR |
 
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Our Standard ATR is an ideal platform for building a rugged 4WD or 6WD robot that can handle harsh terrain and offers a lot of power. It comes in two basic sizes (Standard - IG32 gear motors and Large - IG42 gear motors). Follow these links for more information about the ATR.
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ATR Mechanical Description |
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ATR Prepackaged Base Kit 4WD 32mm motors. |
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ATR Prepackaged Base Kit 6WD 32mm motors. |
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ATR Prepackaged Base Kit 4WD 42mm motors. |
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ATR Prepackaged Base Kit 6WD 42mm motors. |
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ATR Prepackaged RC Kit 4WD 32mm motors |
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ATR Prepackaged RC Kit 4WD 42mm motors |
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ATR Prepackaged RC Kit 6WD |
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ATR Videos |
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| 1st Generation Standard ATR |
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Our original standard ATR is an ideal platform for building a rugged 4WD robot that can handle harsh terrain and offers a lot of power. It comes in two basic sizes (Standard and Large). Follow these links for more information about the ATR. We no longer offer these as kits, it has been replaced by the 2nd Generation ATRs, but all the parts are still available if you want to piece your own robot kit together.
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ATR Mechanical Description |
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ATR Videos |
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| Mini ATR |
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This is our Mini ATR that is a smaller more economical robot kit. It still offers 4WD. The wheels are direct coupled to the motors. The wheels are only 4" diameter as opposed to the 6.75" tires on our standard ATRs. Use this robot kit for navigating in tight spaces where the larger ATR power and size is not needed. Follow these links for more information about the Mini ATR.
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Mini ATR Mechanical Description |
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Mini ATR Prepackaged Base Kit |
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Mini ATR Prepackaged RC Kit |
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ATR Videos |
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| ATR Support Equipment and Parts |
The above descriptions lead you to the mechanical assembly of the ATR Robots, but in order to make the robot run, you need to hook up the electrical power and controls.
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Motor Controller Support Page |
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Controller (Microcontroller or RC) Support Page |
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Electric Wiring and Battery Support Page |
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| Sensors |
In order to make your robot autonomous, you will need to add sensors. You can always add sensors later. Be sure to use sensors that are best suited for the micro controller you have selected. If you are using an OOPic, all are sensors can be bused on the controller with a little wiring. We recommend using one of our expansion boards as discussed above, then all the Trekker sensors and LCDs, etc will plug directly into the expansion board. If you are using the RF04 CM02 Telemetry kit, you should only use sensors that are I2C, such as our SRF08 ultrasonic sensors.
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Sensors |
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LCDs |
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| Cameras |
Nothing is better than a wireless camera to see what your robot sees. We have a large variety of wireless camera including pan and tilt systems.
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Wireless Cameras |
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