Polar Bear Tank
The Tank, dubbed the "Polar Bear" because of its white plastic color, was designed to demonstrate the potential of using additive manufacturing to create an operational tank that can navigate different terrains, fire pellets, and provide a real-time camera streaming service with remote desktop.
To construct the tank, 3D printing with PLA plastic was used to form the body and turret, a Raspberry Pi was incorporated to provde the video stream, and aluminum was used to form the frame.
The tank also communicates with an Android controller which is used to operate and drive the tank.
PI/Collaborators:
Dr. John F. Federici
john.f.federici@njit.edu
Sam Gatley
samuel.i.gatley@njit.edu