New to Ants

John Bean · Post by **John Bean** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:18 pm

Hi All,

I have been thinking about building some form of combat robot for a while and having seen some of the Ant videos on Youtube and reading the posts on the forum I've been hooked.

I have started planning my first Ant...................I may have to put the cat on tranquillisers !!!

All the Best

John

EpicentrE · Post by **EpicentrE** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:22 pm

Hey John,

It's always excellent when a new person joins our brilliant hobby! What do you have planned for your first ant?

If you've got any questions have a search around and if all else fails, then don't hesitate to ask. We're always willing to help ^^.

Hope to see you at an event soon!

Post by **BeligerAnt** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:09 pm

Hello and welcome John!

First off, read through the rules - 4" cube and 150g are the main ones.
Second, browse/search the forum - there's lots of useful info to get you started.
Third, as Scott says, ask if you really need help, we're generally quite friendly

joey_picus · Post by **joey_picus** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:25 pm

Welcome to the sport John

As Scott and Gary already said, reading through the previous forum posts might prove useful, you can learn a surprising amount about the technical details just by reading...speaking of Reading, I'm guessing you're within fairly easy reach of there? It'd help if you could wander down to the next Reading Robot Club (early in January I believe) and see ants in the flesh (metal?), it gives you more of an insight into what speed and designs to look for than just looking at pictures and text.

Let us know if you have any questions, people are happy to help

EDIT: Scratch that, turns out the next RRC's on the 20th of March

John Bean · Post by **John Bean** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:55 am

Thanks very much for the welcome

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I can see I have a lot to learn !! and a lot of fun to be had in the process,

John