Skipdiving Robotics

[daveimi]

The Biscuit Tin of Doom

[mrsam]

I love it

[RogueTwoRobots]

I think the most creative and innovative aspect of using a biscuit tin as a robot chassis is the fact you have to eat the biscuits first

[daveimi]

Getting through a tin of roses and then a tin of biscuits has been an absolutely fantastic bonus

[daveimi]

Have been planning a wooden heavy for a while as I've been obsessed with the idea for about 12 months. Was inspired by Rory's heavy to get on and finish my own. In true time honoured style it's made of found parts and donated bits and pieces. My idea is for a double ended thwack bot. This may be completely useless but at least it keeps up with my track record of being yet to win a fight despite regularly entering competitions for the last three years. Main central beam with a wheel pod each side. There will be wheel guards and some sort of top cover n hammery axxy thing at each end. It may get mangled but it's sooooo easy to build and work with I can't not build it. After a morning I'm at the stage you see below, and reckon I can maybe finish before the summer is out! Another rubbish skipdiving robot coming near you soon!!!

[maddox10]

Battering ram is born.

[Max]

What happened to that steel chassis you had made up for a heavyweight?

[daveimi]

It's dumped in a corner of the back room awaiting some sort of exciting drive train but I don't anyone to approach to make me up some gearboxes. I'm not very good at fabrication.

[Gabe01]

Put those wheel chair motors in the steel chassis

[Max]

It's dumped in a corner of the back room awaiting some sort of exciting drive train but I don't anyone to approach to make me up some gearboxes. I'm not very good at fabrication.

I'm sure we can design you some that can be laser cut from say 6mm steel, then you'd need some aluminium spacers and long bolts to hold the pair of plates apart. Couple of besrings/bushes with flanges to support the shafts then all you need is someone to turn you some shafts, I'm sure you would find a roboteer happy to do that for you.

We just need to know what motors want to use then can design some gearboxes to suit.