RogueTwo Robots

[team_orr]

[RogueTwoRobots]

Five months since my last update, maaaan that's too long :P
What developments have there been?

Well, looking back at my last post I said Carcinus was in need of getting its claws welded, a 2.4GHz unit installed and a bit of a paint job. It's had all of those things and had its second outing at Roaming Robots Barnsley two weeks ago. With exception of the radio not connecting in one fight and then driving into the pit numerous other times, it worked rather well. There is very little gripping power in the claws though so I am now looking at making a couple of attachments to fit over the claw tips with pads of bicycle tyre attached so that there is more friction between claws and opponent, hopefully allowing us to drag and push them around.

I also said in my last post that I reckoned Drumroll was done for competitions; well it definetly is now. Blew up a battery pack at Barnsley from over-charging (stoopid chargers ) and that, coupled with the purchase of a Scorpion XL has given me fresh motivation to get cracking with Drumroll II. I've got most of the chassis design and part-fitting done in CAD, have finally settled on an outer armour shape/design and just need to work out how to CAD it (it involves angled bits of metal and I've never really drawn them before). I was going to post a picture tonight but realised I could save some space and weight by changing the orientation of the batteries so will do that and post it later without the complex armour bits, they'll just get super-imposed in Paint

So what of Drumroll? I'm going to put both Speed 900s back in it, buy a replacement Nimh pack and save it for whiteboards. No self-righting hoops or srimech, did well enough without them at Barnsley. There are no full combat events lined up until September that I am aware of so that should be enough time to get the new machine running. Most of the cost for that will be in making the new drum and getting A123s/associated charging equipment so that'll wait till late summer when I'll hopefully have a job and some money. While I'm waiting on that I can get most of the chassis constructed and parts installed.

And finally, what drumbot owner's life would be complete without a greatest hits video of the year?
Finally found a decent file converter for my camcorder files so have been able to get some video editing in:

[xtreme]

Watched the video earlier. Definitely the best performing robot from last years UK Champs. I cant wait to see Drumroll II vs Savage HD.
Might have to do a bodge job on savage evo and try get it working, Have one last fight with it, Savage Evo vs Drumroll. But if Evo becomes immobilized you will have to finish it off properly, Like they would do in the old robot wars days, Smash it until theres nothing left.
You up for that?

[team_orr]

at the ending :P

[George_TeamZog]

Drumroll reminds me of Rampage 2... Same colour, nearly same shape :shock:

[RogueTwoRobots]

Might have to do a bodge job on savage evo and try get it working, Have one last fight with it, Savage Evo vs Drumroll. But if Evo becomes immobilized you will have to finish it off properly, Like they would do in the old robot wars days, Smash it until theres nothing left.
You up for that?

I'd be up for that on one condition; it works both ways. So if Drumroll becomes immobilised first, you go at it until its in bits and pieces. Sound okay?

[xtreme]

Sounds good. Hope they dont just hit eachother and just epic fail again.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Yeah that would be a bit of a bugger. Think I'll cable-tie every connector together to make sure nothing can come undone, superglue wheels on etc and generally just gaffa tape everything.
How does the end of this year's UK champs sound for a date of destruction?

[xtreme]

Yup. Ill get the whole uk champs weekend to say goodby to evo then.
If its evo that gets smashed it will look cool cos its all hdpe bolted together with small bits of aluminium angle so it will rip up nice and easy.

[team_orr]

i may have to join this if its okay :P krazy train, my first fw, is taking up space, and what better way to get rid of a wooden wedge then to stick it in with two spinners ? ,ay have to soak it it gasoline....:P