Robot size

Just checking, and putting it in a thread where hopefully the next person to ask will be able to find it...

Size limits for events. Do the FRA impose the 2m x 1.2m limit that Mentorn had? Its not in the FRA rules, AFAICT - should it be mentioned, and if not whats the reasoning? Is it so event specific? (Perhaps the arena spec should mention door size?)

Equally, is the height limit still unspecified, beyond the contact us if youre very tall bit?

I know what the Mentorn rules say, but since Im building for live events, not Robot Wars, if theres an advantage to having a 2mx2m or 3mx1.2m robot, Id like to know whether I can think about it.

Also clarification on the whole issue of how its measured - must it have a longest dimension of (say) 2m and be no more than (say) 1.2m in a perpendicular dimension, or must it fit in a (say) 2m x 1.2m box (allowing a 2.33m diagonal).

Sorry to do this to death, I know its come up umpteen times before, but I thought having it somewhere obvious would help. (If it *is* somewhere obvious and Ive just failed to find it, oops.)

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Fluppet

Oh yes, thats the other thing. Any different restrictions on robots of different sizes? (More for superheavies? Something not going to dwarf the arena for antweights? Something so that bench space can be planned for lightweights and feathers?)

Not that thats a heavyweight question, but still.

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Fluppet

I went to Preston with a robot measuring 900x1280mm, it was easily the largest one there and lots of people commented on its size. It didnt fit properly on the benches supplied, so I expect youd have quite a bit of trouble with a 2mx1.2 robot...

The more experienced teams all tend to build smaller and smaller each reincarnation or newly build robot.

Big robots, lots of surface to armor.

you forgot one thing Jim the target on the front for Thor :)

Give me some power tools and Ill make something stronger and smaller. With only a cordless drill thats the best I could do.

Nice machine, and with the modifications made by Thor looks like a big yellow Chaos 2.

Jim, with what you have achieved with cordless drills, you really need to get to local industrial estates and ask the engineering companies to sponsor you workshop time. Showing Cayenne, and Origano (or whatever your new spice girl is called) would be enough I think to prove to the engineering bosses that you are more than capable of returning their investment and faith with fantastic machines.

All the best robots are small it allows them to put thicker armour on so that they take less damage.

However the best armour Ive seen is air. If you have a large gap between your outer armour and your internal components then it doesnt matter if your armour gets cut or crushed.

Its a balance you have to be small so the armour is strong enough to stand up to most weapons without being to heavy. But with air gaps in vunerable locations so that if they are hit by a really good weapon it will not immobolise them.

Unless you have bottomless pockets and can afford 6mm titanium alround like storm II.

Richard
Team Mayhem

Storm II

15cm high
50cm wide (not including the angled skirts)
70cm long

I personally like tiny robots. The smaller the bot the shorter your chassis spans, the more weight you can concentrate into your chassis and the thicker armour you can carry - this all equals a stronger bot at the end of the day.

And just for you richard, we were running 1/2 titanium on ths sides in the heat rather than only 6mm :P

Ed
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does that make my robot Trinity better than Storm 2?

height 6 cm
width 20cm
length 30 cm

ok, so its a featherweight.

(awaits witty comeback from ant builder.

BTW, Mr Ed, how big is your featherweight storm 2?