The adventures of an antweight robot building nerb

All things antweight

Moderators: BeligerAnt, petec, administrator

Dazmund
Posts: 40
Joined: Wed Dec 27, 2017 10:38 pm
Location: Deptford, London
Contact:

Re: The adventures of an antweight robot building nerb

Post by Dazmund »

Here is the product of the spare parts I had - 2-2 Liftman, which comes in at a trim 132g. A hybrid of Panic Attack and Vlad the Impaler of sorts with its lifting forks and fast motors (I thought they were 300RPM). Once again, it's run by parts bought from Bristol Bot Builders and got a bit of assistance from Alex Shakespeare about wiring the weapon motors to a Vex 29. While the forks are not the strongest to lift opponents up consistently, it can self right the machine and is just fun to control. It can even sort of make itself walk with the forks.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKdvYU5nzCR/
DAZ DUZ BOTZ

Fili-PA (wedge flipper)
Watta Doze (tank tracked pusher)
Wolfhead (front wheel drive flipper)
2-2 Liftman (fork lifter)
The Ting Goes Grrrab (grabber/control)
Dazmund
Posts: 40
Joined: Wed Dec 27, 2017 10:38 pm
Location: Deptford, London
Contact:

Re: The adventures of an antweight robot building nerb

Post by Dazmund »

A year on from my last build, I had enough parts lying around to make one more. The Ting Goes Grrrab - another machine of mine named after a dead meme, ya dun know - is a grabbing control bot resembling a dune buggy with big chunky Pololu wheels and a low wedge with an aluminium plate in it to reinforce it. The weapon is not the most rigid, but the machine is very fast and is hopefully strong enough to take punishment from spinners, because I'll be entering my first competition in Bristol on Sunday 13th March.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZjty9ijfC8/
DAZ DUZ BOTZ

Fili-PA (wedge flipper)
Watta Doze (tank tracked pusher)
Wolfhead (front wheel drive flipper)
2-2 Liftman (fork lifter)
The Ting Goes Grrrab (grabber/control)
User avatar
LimaHotel
Posts: 258
Joined: Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:30 am
Location: West Devon

Re: The adventures of an antweight robot building nerb

Post by LimaHotel »

A GRABBER? I CHALLENGE IT WITH JIGGY!
A grabber? I CHALLENGE IT WITH JIGGY!
Tufty
Posts: 105
Joined: Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:39 pm
Location: North Wales

Re: The adventures of an antweight robot building nerb

Post by Tufty »

LimaHotel wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:19 pm A GRABBER? I CHALLENGE IT WITH JIGGY!
I love how your signature just makes it look like you've got a posse behind you echoing every word :D
Current active ants: Scrooge McDerp | Ply-By-Wire (likely not to see competition) | Grinding Nemo | When Unicorns Go Rogue
Dazmund
Posts: 40
Joined: Wed Dec 27, 2017 10:38 pm
Location: Deptford, London
Contact:

Re: The adventures of an antweight robot building nerb

Post by Dazmund »

LimaHotel wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:19 pm A GRABBER? I CHALLENGE IT WITH JIGGY!
I await you in Bristol this coming Sunday. Do not disappoint!
DAZ DUZ BOTZ

Fili-PA (wedge flipper)
Watta Doze (tank tracked pusher)
Wolfhead (front wheel drive flipper)
2-2 Liftman (fork lifter)
The Ting Goes Grrrab (grabber/control)
Post Reply