I have started to re-design my rocker-bogie leg system.
(this devlog is shorter than the last one.. i promise)

This time around I decided to actually take some inspiration from robots that were successful - the most obvious case here being the Perseverance rover.

The rocker-bogie system is quite a general use-case for all rovers like this, but the way I chose to redesign mine is thinner, relies on specific rotational points and covers a wider area below the base while keeping the centre of mass lower.
This is taken from the perseverance design.

If you have any suggestions, as always they are more than welcome, and thanks for reading! :)

TO NOTE (don’t bother reading unless you are rating my project)

I am aware that by taking some fairly heavy inspiration I lose points on uniqueness, but this part of the design caused quite a mental roadblock for me and I stopped working on the project for a few weeks because of it. Considering how wide-spread this mechanism generally is, I feel it was a reasonable design choice to take inspiration and ensure that the leg linkage will function as expected so I can focus on the parts of my project that will be unique.