Mechs and Robots and Cyborgs (oh my!)

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Now usually this comes as either oversized heelies or some form of wheel assembly that folds down. I do not think that is a very good idea as it is mechanically complex. (My idea may be more complex but I wouldn't know)

With 3D Printing we can print wheels in new and perhaps unconventional shapes so the traditional shape may not be ideal in certain cases. With something like cubic infill the wheels would also require no air and thus be more resistant to gunfire, additionally with a good printer you could print directly on top of worn out tires and perhaps with an automated supplying system it would require no personnel but the mech pikots themselves.

With this new shape you could simply flip the wheel 90° and turn your wheel into a foot. There's probably some irl reason why this would not work but I feel that it would look realistic enough for the consumer.

Here's a quick sketch. Blue is rubber, black is the wheel assembly and red is the ground.

The reason I'm talking about this is that I was thinking about quadrupedal mechs and how to design them properly and there really weren't any reasons for them as far as I could tell. As self propelled artillery or anti air I can see the purpose they could serve but wheels and tracks are just so much faster.

So why not both?

Tracked wheels are a bit too fragile for this purpose I think so a big soft wheel that's easily replacable seems better. They'd be soft for more grip seeing as I don't think they'd have much place outside of rough mountainous areas.

I am worried about giving each foot it's own electric engine but I see no other way to do it. My reason for worry is the size of engine that'd be needed and how much that could "bloat" the foot.

I'm uncertain as to the purpose of the guide wheel that is pictured, please do explain.

Also something annoying about discussing mechs is that the tech level for every fiction varies so much. The bloating issue could be non-existent with sufficiently advanced and compact electric engines but as I am arguing about mechs in general there are no real defined rules besides "this seems realistic enough to be fun but not so realistic that mechs can't exist".

Now usually this comes as either oversized heelies or some form of wheel assembly that folds down. I do not think that is a very good idea as it is mechanically complex. (My idea may be more complex but I wouldn't know)

With 3D Printing we can print wheels in new and perhaps unconventional shapes so the traditional shape may not be ideal in certain cases. With something like cubic infill the wheels would also require no air and thus be more resistant to gunfire, additionally with a good printer you could print directly on top of worn out tires and perhaps with an automated supplying system it would require no personnel but the mech pikots themselves.

With this new shape you could simply flip the wheel 90° and turn your wheel into a foot. There's probably some irl reason why this would not work but I feel that it would look realistic enough for the consumer.

Here's a quick sketch. Blue is rubber, black is the wheel assembly and red is the ground.

The reason I'm talking about this is that I was thinking about quadrupedal mechs and how to design them properly and there really weren't any reasons for them as far as I could tell. As self propelled artillery or anti air I can see the purpose they could serve but wheels and tracks are just so much faster.

So why not both?

Tracked wheels are a bit too fragile for this purpose I think so a big soft wheel that's easily replacable seems better. They'd be soft for more grip seeing as I don't think they'd have much place outside of rough mountainous areas.