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by Nixon
Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:55 am
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: Shufflebot walking mechanism?
Replies: 9
Views: 10081

Re: Shufflebot walking mechanism?

Perfect, might have a crack to modeling one this weekend :D
by Nixon
Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:52 pm
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: Shufflebot walking mechanism?
Replies: 9
Views: 10081

Shufflebot walking mechanism?

Tempted to build a shufflebot soon but can't quite get my head around the shuffling mechanism. Tried googling it but all that comes up is a Daft Punk-esque musican with a cardboard box for a head. Has anyone got a good photo of the mechanism that I can reverse engineer?
by Nixon
Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:06 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: New antweight fighter
Replies: 47
Views: 34757

Re: New antweight fighter

I imagine I could beat most EDFs with a big enough spinner (coming soon ;) ) but I thought it'd be fun to try and design a weapon just for them to show they could be easily beaten.
by Nixon
Tue Jul 07, 2015 3:27 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: New antweight fighter
Replies: 47
Views: 34757

Re: New antweight fighter

Printed out the chassis and strapped in a TinyTwo and a 180maH lipo. Weighs 53g so far, so 97g for each of the modular weapons.
by Nixon
Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:01 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016
Replies: 48
Views: 46235

Re: Ant Freeze 3 - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016

I'll be bringing a few bots down for this.
by Nixon
Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:49 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: New antweight fighter
Replies: 47
Views: 34757

Re: New antweight fighter

My thoughts exactly, a hard to beat bot like an EDF is great IMO as it'll drive innovation and make builders create some new and interesting designs.
by Nixon
Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:38 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: New antweight fighter
Replies: 47
Views: 34757

Re: New antweight fighter

After the controversy over EDFs at AWS, I'm having a go at designing a bot that can defeat them. Its weapon will be useless against most other bots though so I'm going modular. Just finished designing a base drive and control module that'll contain the motors, battery and TinyTwo speed controller, a...
by Nixon
Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:20 pm
Forum: 2014 AWS Rules Debate
Topic: EDFs
Replies: 33
Views: 77392

Re: EDFs

Is there any way to redesign an arena to reduce the effectiveness of an EDF?
by Nixon
Sun Jul 05, 2015 4:08 pm
Forum: Nanoweights
Topic: Revision of Nanoweight Cube Size
Replies: 40
Views: 107581

Re: Revision of Nanoweight Cube Size

I'd build one if the size allowance was bigger. Kinda limits creativity trying to cram in in such a small volume.
by Nixon
Sun Jul 05, 2015 12:28 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: AWS 48, Basingstoke, 21st November 2015
Replies: 167
Views: 372005

Re: AWS 48, Basingstoke, 21st November 2015

I'll definitely be coming down to this with a few bots :D