Product Description Tank Tread Kit Overview: Turn your Parallax robot into mini-tank with the Tank Tread add-on kit! Custom-made clear acrylic side panels mount to your robot’s aluminum chassis, and hold sets of small rollers for the rubber treads. A toothed gear replaces your robot’s usual wheels, to drive the treads. Tank Tread Kit Features: Compatible with the Boe-Bot, Shield-Bot, ActivityBot, and cyber:bot robot kits. Turns your robot into tank that can traverse rugged terrain. Includes standoffs that protect components in case of a roll-over. Treads and higher ground clearance goes over objects that wheels cannot. NOTE: Robot not included! Tank Tread Kit Contents: 2 – Clear acrylic tank side panels 1 – Tank wheel and tread set (pre-drilled) 8 – 4-40, 1/4″ pan head screw 8 – 4-40, 3/8″ pan head screw 8 – 4-40, 7/8″ pan head screw 2 – 4-40, 1.5″ pan head screw 10 – #4 lock washers 24 – 4-40, zinc plated nut 2 – 1.25″ aluminum standoff 2 – Servo horns 1 – Documentation Kit Compatibility: Note that the Tank Treads are not compatible with the external encoders that read robots’ spoked wheels on the original ActivityBot (#32500, discontinued). See the Tank Tread Product Guide for details and programming tips, plus notes about using the Tank Treads with other Robot Accessories.
