The speed value in the info window when hovering over spidertron does not show 0 km/h when its not moving. Usually something between 0.5 and 1.5 km/h.
On belts the value is even more off as shown in the screenshot.
[1.0.0] Spidertron shows wrong speed value
Re: [1.0.0] Spidertron shows wrong speed value
+ and speed not being 0 makes exoskeleton never idles and use full power even when not moving
Re: [1.0.0] Spidertron shows wrong speed value
If it's walking on belts to stay stabilized, I'd expect that use power, but it didn't seem to use any. Just idling at >0 certainly doesn't seem to draw any power looking at the battery display, either.
I did a rudimentary test of a spidertron idling at 1.1kmh with 6 exoskeletons and one mk1 battery for about 138 in-game hours (sped up >385x normal speed), and it didn't drop. Someone with lua skills to check if there's actually a draw can do a quicker, more authoritative test...but 138 in-game hours seems like a reasonable test.
https://youtu.be/0uFiQKfp1xM
I did a simple test of letting it stabilize itself along a stretch of express belts and it didn't seem to drain battery then, either.
Re: [1.0.0] Spidertron shows wrong speed value
The 0 speed issue is fixed; the speed on belts is 'fine'; the belt is moving the spider and it's trying to move back and that's the speed you're seeing; it trying to counter-act the belt movement.
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