The school of Minimal-effort Ants

[ZomZilla]

Thought I'd make a forum post now i've made a second ant, particularly since they both used the same ... unique?.. construction style.

My first Robot Scraps was made in a hurry for the last AWS at Reading Uni, and was made from whatever tools and materials I could get in a rucksack for the train. Since it worked quite well I've done the same thing for number 2.



As-Yet-To-Be-Named bot is 5 inches of finger-lacerating fun powered by a prototype ESC from one RapidRory, and made from steel grill, .5 Alu, 14 cable ties, 4 pop rivets and 1 paperclip. total construction time < 45 minutes. weighs 120g without LiPo and is rigid enough to hold about 500g on the tip of the flipper.
Who needs a 3D printer to make a decent robot?

[Rapidrory]

Hehe, I see you've added a few bits since last I saw it! You'll have to bring it along to the Guildford fight; makes an ok team with Lionel

Got a picture of it harassing Stanley, (though I think Stanley was doing most the harassing that evening with his new 'weapon' )

EDIT: Also, good to see some Cybernetics revision going on in the background there! Not getting at all distracted are we? :L

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Love this. Proper antweight building!

[ZomZilla]

Updated chassis!




The edges are nylon and the top and bottoms are pop-riveted.

overall weight comes to 149g, and its 5 inches long when closed

[Hogi]

does it fit in the 4 inch cube?

[ZomZilla]

I think it just barely fits without the acetate.

[ZomZilla]

Courtesy of Shakey i have a 3D printed chassis to put all my components in. I still managed to get my cabletie fix in even if there was no hand-making involved.

Soon there will be a top part to the chassis and a nice flipper arm for the front.

weight at the moment is 121g, but that includes the 32g beast of a servo.

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Minimum effort ants + 3D printing = sad Dave.

[Rapidrory]

He got me to build and fit all the electronics for him, and he got someone else to 3D print it, so technically he's got minimal effort ants down to a fine art

[ZomZilla]

when you put it like that......