The CrawlBot in Action

Doesn’t one of the drones ‘jump’ if it gets stuck?

Retrieval is key, good ideas.

You could also put a retractible key holder between the line and the crawler to keep the slack out of the pull-back line so it doesn’t tangle around the wheels.

Someone should design a spider type seems those little bastards get around lol

Though I am optimistic about the crawl bot, drones, and technology in general. I just don’t believe they will ever replace a physical person and all their senses functioning at once.

I know a lot about R/C Lipo trucks and buggies, does anyone know if they make Track / tank models. If it had real tracks and suspension with good cameras I imagine you could get out of most of whatever you get into. The key in my opinion is that it runs on super flexible tracks and acts like a rock climber if possible when needed and definitely great cameras.

There are RC tanks which tilts the barrel. That is what I would use for a cheap crawler.

http://www.nachi.org/nachitvuiv.htm

Why do you guys not just fly your drone ?
Check out 3:10 on this video as someone made a roll cage for them.