Armor for Elegoo Smart Robot Car V3 Plus

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I bought Elegoo Smart Car Robotics Kits for each of my two sons for Christmas, aiming to introduce them to Arduino programming. The Elegoo BLE software enables them to create json scripts that the robot can perform from a phone. However, my oldest suggested it needed armor, so now it has some armor added :)\n\nI designed the covers in Solidworks using the excellent model by Stefan Peters on GrabCAD as a starting point (which saved me a lot of measuring). The parts can be printed with minimal supports required. The top cover is divided into two pieces and secured together with screws or M3 bolts, whichever is readily available. Besides that, no additional hardware is needed, just what's already on the robot.\n\nThe covers allow him to play more roughly, while protecting the electronics and wiring from Surprise Kitten Attacks :)\n\nFiles are included in STL, 3MF, STEP, X_T, and Fusion360 formats. Feel free to modify, share, or remix them.\n\n-UPDATE: I just added the "Shark Fin" cover my youngest had me design for his robot.