RobotWars101

Since I'm a dummy who hasn't done electronics since school, I wanted to ask where is the best place in a circuit to put an LED. I'm aware a visible light has to be seen on a competitive robot, hence why I'm going to put them in my circuits now. Also, should it be the right voltage i.e. the same as a...

After two years, I finally got back into antweight building. I bought a Pololu Zumo chassis and GoolRC TG3 pistol transmitter with receiver, and while I didn't get round to using the DasMikro ESC (and likely never will unless someone with steadier hands can solder for me), I got a Bristol Bot Builde...

I've got the parts for building my next robot called Watta Doze, and it's simply a Pololu Zumo track-bot chassis with a static polycarbonate scoop. It should be a lot easier to put together than Flipper the Priest. I've got a transmitter and receiver (GoolRC TG3 3-channel), a 180mAh LiPo, 2 300rpm 6...

This one? https://www.arc-robotics.org.uk/product ... ontroller/

It's made by another UK robotics team and regular AWS hosts, and though you need to have a separate receiver, you can get that from them too.

Nice work so far! I just wanted to ask if you're sticking to the 4 inch cube rule on the size of your robot? I'm asking because you actually don't need to have the robot sit square in the cube. My own robot is 4 inches wide, 2 inches high, but 5 inches long, but it'll still fit in the cube if I laid...

Thanks. I'm starting to make sense of it all. Just ordered a DasMikro with channel mixing, so I guess I have to follow instructions... or come here to ask for further advice.

I'm building a simple pusher robot with a Zumo chassis with a static scoop and no active weapons, and I was thinking of using a fairly cheap pistol grip transmitter with receiver (looking at a GoolRC TG3 with 3 channels) to drive it, and I'm looking to use the DasMikro speed controller for the motor...

It's been 4 months since I posted anything here, but Flipper the Priest was finally completed last month. https://itsaneverydaystory.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/20180804_221547.jpg?w=680 After sorting out the soldering (because I didn't have the time to do it since the last post) it's now properly w...

Hello World! looks absolutely gorgeous. I always wanted to build a front-hinge flipper (or a Lightning-esque side flipper) once I finished my other antweight (still have to do better soldering on it), and this is what I wanted it to look similar to! The use of a motor to power the weapon is unusual ...

I was thinking of using HDPE to screw pieces of armour together, but then I used small pieces 1mm polycarbonate. It is much easier to bend than 1.5mm, and hell of a lot easier to cut than HDPE. As for the flipper hinging, that varies between many a builder here. I made a hinge by cutting a strip of ...