New Robots

[peterwaller]

Andrew it is very thin and is already starting to get a bit bent from adjusting it so I am not sure it is going to be up to combat.
Alasdair I used to fly an aerobatic biplane called a Frantic and that certainly lived up to its name especially when I was driving it.

[teamocean]

Here are our new/ improved ants

http://s881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... G_0631.jpg#

Going from left to right in the photo we have

Quake

Length: 11cm
Width: 9.5cm
Height: 6cm
Weight: 146g
Armour: 1mm HDPE
Drive: 2x 30:1 motors
Speedo: Barrello Ant 150
Battery: 180mAh 2 cell LiPo
Rx: Spektrum AR500e
Weapon: Flipper powered by Hitec 82MG servo

Next we have

Kronic Jnr

Length: 11cm
Width: 9cm
Height: 5m
Weight: 152g (still some work left to do)
Armour: 1mm Aluminium
Drive: 2x 30:1 motors
Speedo: Peters Planet 5 rx/ speedo
Battery: 180mAh 2 cell LiPo
Weapon: Flipper powered by Hitec 82MG servo

And finally

Mini Malice

Length:10cm
Width: 9.5cm
Height: 5cm
Weight: 137g
Armour: 1 & 2mm HDPE
Drive: 2x 30:1 motors
Speedo: Peters Option D board
Battery: 180mAh 2 cell LiPo
Rx: Spektrum AR500e
Weapon: Flipper powered by HPXF servo

Some of you may have noticed that Inertia and Tesla are missing from that list, Tesla is going to be rebuilt in the near future and the parts from Inertia will form my new drumbot Tempest 2 as soon as the new drum arrives.

[peterwaller]

There are some nice looking robots there I really must pay more attention to the looks of my robots as well as the function.

[haz]

cool beans

[knightrous]

Time for an update on uMBX Still in progress, but getting closer!

Name: uMBX or micro Melty Brain eXperiment
Weight: ~150gram
Length: 75mm
Width: 75mm
Height: 26mm
Drive: 1 x 12v Dick Smith Electronics P9004 12v hobby motor with 34x18 foam wheel
Controller: HobbyCity T4A RX with Pololu Baby Orangutan B-328 controller and 250G accelerometer
Battery: 2S 350mAh LiPo (or 3S 240mAh LiPo)
Weapon: Translational Spinner (~150gram @ 6000rpm) with two carbide tiped saw teeth.
Armour: 1.2mm bi-metal steel, 1mm carbon fibre, 0.5mm polycarb.

Still need to put the motor switch in, foam wheel, teeth, led, accelerometer and a top cover. Needs more weight reduction as well, probably close to 10g overweight right now... Going to brushless in the future will easily clear up 25gram of weight.

[Flippt]

Andrew it is very thin and is already starting to get a bit bent from adjusting it so I am not sure it is going to be up to combat.
Alasdair I used to fly an aerobatic biplane called a Frantic and that certainly lived up to its name especially when I was driving it.

Flippt used 0.02mm shim steel for a few AWS and it does get bent after a few fight, but enought to go around for a day. 0.05mm should hold up better. Does it get alot stress when you drive the bot around?

[peterwaller]

Not when its just driving but more when I bump into the walls.
I will probably leave the other scoop with the 0.1mm Ti so I have a choice.

[ajrobotics]

Hi everyone. Joey has somehow persuaded me to build a very basic antweight, and hopefully it will be ready in time for AWS 32.

Weight: 130g (front & top armour still needs to be added)
Length: 100mm
Width: 100mm
Height: 30mm
Drive: 2x 50:1 HP motors & 1x 7.4v 120mAh LiPo
Armour: 2mm unknown plastic (base & rear), 5mm Polycarbonate (sides), 1.5mm Polycarbonate (front & top)
Weapon: Magical ability to fall apart
Other: Sabertooth 2x5A for R/C speed controller & Corona RS610II receiver
Image: http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr12 ... C01101.jpg

It doesn?t have a name yet, but it is tentatively known as Through Glass for now.

[razerdave]

Is that in tribute to the Stone sour song by any chance?

[craig_anto]

Ball bot *better name to follow*

100g
3.5inch dia 3.5in tall 3.5 wide
works by shifting the weight of the unit inside the robot
no active weapons and not likely to be controllable

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanto818/4774906075/