Promotional robot??

Not sure if this is any interest to anyone, beyond my skills, budget maybe a bit low for most,unless you got materials lying around, Are you interested in making a promotional robot, their is a budget of £1000, 8 channel radio supplied. Must stand upto 5ft tall (overall size and materials used unimportant), with remote moving arms (up and down), moving head (left and right) must stress most importantly it has to have CHARACTER AND LOOK WELL MADE, very flexible on design, entirely your own ideas once drawing approved,documentation to sign on completion for rights/ownership (as its for promotional purposes) must have proven record for fabrication. shame their wasnt a spare £49,000 otherwise it would of been easier to buy the short circuit robot off ebay!

Couple of questions:

a: Is there a deadline for this project?
b: It is not for combat robotics, right?
c: How long does it need to operate at a single charge?

What is it for anyway?

a temporary pic has been put on profile of something similar thats required, but not as bare looking. their is £500 upfront deposit and £500 upon completion. its not for combat robotics nor robot related, it needs to be ready for mid november. it is for a new company starting up and will be used in a shopping centre to attract local interest over a 4 week period, its to make the company stand out in a way thats fresh and different. it needs to run for approximately 30 mins to an hour. shorter time is ok providing it can be charged quickly or a quick change of batteries. batteries and charger dont need to be supplied providing you can supply specs needed. but it will need a failsafe and removable link for safety reasons. the company have a £2 million liability insurance just in case! after this event it will live with me and may be used as a free attraction at fighting robot events if requested as entertainment for the kids etc. their will be no charge for this, in the future it will be offered to use in charity related items, it is strictly non profit making only but also advertisment for the company who are keen in raising money for under priviliged kids charitys.



(Message edited by ady on August 17, 2007)

(Message edited by ady on August 17, 2007)

So they basically are looking for a johnny 5 (short circuit bot)?

that was the only picture that could be found on the net. something along those type of lines.

does it need to drive as well?
what speed?

We might be interested, mail me the exact specifics you need please.

leo (at) computerclub . nl

back to the drawing board, if anyone is able to help then please get in touch, unfortunatley we have had our fingers burnt and left with a robot that is a pile of ....... rubbish that doesnt drive and no budget now, and lots of disappointed kids that we have had to cancel on.

any drive parts in this machine will be salvaged and sold on ebay as a job lot (as we believe they are not suitable for this type of project anyway)but may be of use to some people on here, the rest is being stripped as we speak. we are now looking for someone with a proven track record and good experiance of robots/drive systems.
what we are now looking for is a simple basic drive system that we can be mounted simply inside the frame we have (speed controllers also required), the robot only needs to move at the speed of mobility scooter etc....but would like it to run ok on tarmac, school hall floors etc... without damaging the surface,our current robot drive is not modifyable/repairable in anyway we believe, it needs to be started from scratch.
as we have lost so much money we are looking for something cheap, basic and reliable. the robots weight without drive is around 50 kgs i reckon and stands about 5ft 5 tall. i saw a boxing robot at the leciester event with go cart wheels (the blue one thats head fell of lol, in its last fight) which would be ideal to what we are looking for.
we will be using a spektrum to mix the drive, and it runs of 2 x 12v sla batteries running on 12 v not 24v. (as it has alot of 12v lights on the robot also) it needs to run for about 30 mins or so of one set of batteries.

we will be able to go through exactly what we want in finer detail, but basically we just want to mount the motors easily and the wheel needs to stick out the bottom of our chassis base a bit so it doesnt bottom out.

(Message edited by ady on February 07, 2008)

You had a look on ebay for wheelchair motors? The boxers use them, will give slowish speed, and be fairly smooth and reliable.

will have a look, thanks alan

Arent you being a bit harsh on Gary here?
If it is only a drive problem that should be easy to fix.