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Thread: walker clusterbot?

  1. #1
    I'm very sorry for double posting, but time's drawing in on my build. I've decided to do a featherweight clusterbot based off 101 and anarchy (named 1.01 and anarchism, respectively). I have some questions, though, mostly regarding the rules around walkers and clusters. Firstly, is mike Franklin on the website? I would like to get his permission first before I make a robot based off his designs. Secondly, does anarchy's mechanism qualify as a walker or a shuffler (I don't believe it has 2 degrees of freedom)? Thirdly, and most importantly, how do the rules work? Can I use the double weight and instead enter both of them at 12kg? Or will it be one 12kg robot and a 6kg robot? I've been pondering it for ages and read over the rules a bunch of times. Lastly, is it still a case of one half being immobilised, the whole thing is immobilised (or a 55/45 split)? I doubt it's been done before, so that probably explains the lack of rule coverage. Any ideas? Thank you, and again, sorry for the double post.

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    No idea on Mike
    It doesn't count under the 2DOF rule.
    If you built a 2DOF walker cluster then I guess each half could be whatever % of the total you fancy. As long as both parts were walkers then I see no reason that you couldn't have two 30lb machines in the featherweight class.
    Can't remember what the current rules on clusters are with immobilisation.

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    Fairly sure that the current FRA ruling on clusters is one part out, whole machine out. Robot Wars is 70% total weight I think at present, or at least enough so that half a cluster can be eliminated and the entry as a whole be in play still...

  4. #4
    Robot Wars cluster rule is 55% must be eliminated, and FRA rules, as they stand, have no cluster rules at all! :P

    Also, FW's haven't been 12Kg for many years. They are now 13.6Kg or 30lbs.

  5. #5
    It doesn't count under the 2DOF rule.v
    Then would it be considered a shufflebot? If so, do they get a 50% increase, like the later series of RWars?

  6. #6
    With regards to the weight advantages, i think the best advice would be to go and look at the rules for yourself - they are publicly available on the website.

    They explain the definitions of the weight advantages, and what those weight advantages are there.

  7. #7
    Hi Alex,

    About your comment:

    Robot Wars cluster rule is 55% must be eliminated, and FRA rules, as they stand, have no cluster rules at all! :P

    If you look in the Competitions Regulations you will find the following:

    Clusterbots
    Robots that have two or more independent fighting segments, if one segment becomes immobile the complete machine will be deemed knocked out.

    So Matt is correct, I hope this Clarifies.

    Thanks,
    Ian
    Last edited by ian_humphrey; 4th March 2017 at 21:33.

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