Vapourbot Football Cup

Hi all

After a discussion on MSN, Ive decided to open a robot football tournement. the format is a knock-out competition, 8 teams of 5 robots plus 2 subs, 1 robot of the 5 must be a goalkeeper. please give the following info on the stats:

Team name
Name of player
Position
Weight
Dimensions
Weapons
Speed
Power
armour
Transmission
additions (boots, gloves, flappy things)

there will be 4 R1 matches, then 2, the the final. Only vapours allowed, and you can make sub changes at half time, or you can chose if you wish to sub a robot for a specific sub should something go wrong.

Happy playing

Lets see if XI can do it again

Team name: XI

Name: X
Shape: X shaped:proud:
Position: Striker
Drive: 4 LEM 130 Lynch motors on 36 volts. It has four sets of two wheels, giving it 8 wheel drive. These are all vulcanore coated to stop it skidding out of control.
Speed: 25 MPH.
Ball control: Can catch the ball using any part of its body. See the pic for a better explanation.
Armour: 3 mm Polycarb.
Shooting method: Has four spring loaded shooting panels. To fire, the spring is released and all four panels shoot out, and are then wound back in using a motor. The springs are protected by collapsible poles.
Extra: Uses different colours to show the driver which way is forward.
Strengths: Nippy, hard to catch and can shoot using any part of its body. Invertible.
Weaknesses: Relies on the other team playing fair.

Name: I
Shape: I shaped:proud:
Position: Goalie
Drive: Not much. Two S28-300 Magmotors on 24 volts. It has two sets of two wheels, which are vulcanore coated for better grip.
Speed: 13 MPH.
Ball control: Has the little flappy things of doom.
Armour: 3 mm Polycarb
Shooting method: The same as X.
Strengths: Big enough to nearly fill the goal, so hard to beat. Invertible.
Weaknesses: Still relies on the other guys playing fair.

Both are around 90 KGs

Team name: Hyper Hitmen
Robots: Bloody Tears [Goalkeeper] Aquarius [Defender] Terror Gear 3 [Midfeilder] Shovearound 2 [Striker] SUNCUST [Striker]
All Apologies and Sengazanken for subs, I suppose.

I forgot to mention:
Feild length: 25 meters
feild width: 20 meters
Goal Width: 3 meters
Goal Height: 1.5 meters

Ball Diameter: 30 cm

Didnt read the rules, so heres the rest:

Name: Grabbit Advance

Shape: Rectangular, with hinged skirts, which flop over when flipped.

Weight: ~98 KGs

Size: 115X50X20 CM (LWH)

Speed: 15 MPH

Drive: Four wheels, powered by two S28-400 magmotors on 24 volts.

Weapon: Horizontal hydraulic pincers, operating at 3000 or 5000 psi, depending on tournament rules. The pinchers are made of 1 cm solid Titanium, and sharpened to a point. These can also be used as a 360o lifter, which is powered by 2 S28-300 magmotors, allowing it to grapple robots, lift them up and drop them somewhere VERY nasty.

Armour: 5 mm grade 5 ti.

Position: Striker

Name: Enter The May Tracks

Shape: Like Comengetorix, but with more of a wedge on the front.

Size: 130X60X18 CM (LWH)

Speed: 20 MPH

Weapon: Rear hinged flipper, powered by two 80X140 rams on 150 PSI. It has a flat extension plate, extending the front by 2 CM, and allowing it to defeat most skirts. It has a recycler system as well, theoretically giving it unlimited fire power. The sunglasses are made of metal, and are attached to the top of the flipper to stop robots going straight over the top like Storm 2 did with Firestorm.

Armour: 3.25 MM hardox.

Mobility: Steel tracks, with rubber strips glued in place to provide traction. These are hidden inside the robot, meaning only an axe can attack them, after flipping the machine. As there are very few Axe/flipper combos I should be safe from this:) If I have to go up ramps, I can remove some hardox plates to expose the tracks and make it extremely manoeuvrable as only a tracked machine can be,

Motors: 2 S28-400 Mags at 24 volts.

Ground clearance: 0 at front, 5 at back and sides.

Postion: Defense

Name: NSBFR X (Never Seen Before Fic Robot X)

Shape: Invertible box wedge with rounded sides, plus side and rear skirts.

Weight: Dependant on weapon set-up, but the heaviest is 100 KGs

Speed: 20 MPH

Weapon: The little flappy things. Of dooooooom

Armour: 5 mm grade 5 ti.

Ground clearance: 0 at the front no matter which wedge is being used. 4 mm at the side, and 6 mm at the rear. If using the pincers, the front GC is 4 mm. The skirts give it 0 mm all round, and are hinged so flop over when flipped.

Wheels: 4 indoor go-kart wheels which are stuffed rather than pumped.

Motors: 2 LEM 130€™s powered at 48 volts.

Srimech: Invertible.

Safety link: Under a hatch at the rear.

Strengths: Good armour, interchangeable weapons. Quick.

Weaknesses: May not perform as well in melees. Might still be possible for weapons to come off mid-fight, but I doubt it€™ll happen.

Position: Midfield

Name: I.D.S.F.A

Shape: Similar to Raging Knightmare..

Weight: 100 KGs

Speed: 20 MPH

GC: 0 at front, 1 CM at back and sides. 0 with skirts at back and sides.

Drive: 4 wheel drive, powered by two LEM 130 Lynch motors at 48 volts.

Weapon 1: A front hinged flipper on the front, using two 120 stroke, 80 bore rams on 250 PSI. Don€™t know how much it should be able to tip over, but should manage other robots fine. There is a lead weight bolted inside the machine in the far front to give it a little weight and ensure it can get under other machines, along with a sharp strip on the front to let it slide under skirts. There is also a speed bump on the end of the flipper to make sure fast robots like Storm 2 can€™t just drive straight over it.

Weapon 2: A rear steel horizontal disc. This weighs in at 15 KGs, and deals out 10 KJ€™s.

Armour: The front flipper plate is made of 4 MM hardox, and the rest of the machine is 4 MM grade 5 Ti.

Skirts: Made of 3 mm Grade 5 Ti. These are held down with springs, but not the dual sprung monsters as seen on SpinVerter. Just regular springs like on Storm 2 to make them a little harder to get under than regular hinged skirts.

Srimech: The flipper. The weight installed in the front of the machine makes sure it rests on the flipper and not on its back, for more efficient self righting.

Strengths: Fast drive and good flipper mean it could get under and throw over opponents before they can even move.

Weaknesses: Armour and rear flywheel compromised for weight

Position: sub

Name: The Disc 5

Shape: It€™s still the €œbar-bell of doom€ shape we€™ve all come to know and€¦ Know. The framework around the disc itself is gone now, for two reasons. First off, people had trouble imagining what shape it was and kept thinking they could effectively latch on to it, and secondly because€¦ Well, basically the weapon itself is more or less indestructible anyway so I may as well save some weight. Anything powerful enough to damage the disc won€™t be put off by Ti bars. It still has the side spikes, but these are no longer the removable links.

Size: 60X110X60 CM (LWH)

Weight: ~100 KGs

Speed: 10 MPH.

Ground clearance: Under the wheel protectors, it€™s 5 mm.

Weapon: For football, the disc has been replaced with a huge scoop made of 3 MM aluminium for ball catching purposes.

Wheels: Shock horror€¦ It now technically has six wheel drive, although it only runs on four at a time. In an idea stol€¦ borrowed from Gigavirus, there are three wheels on each side, and they are arranged in a triangular fashion, so when it€™s flipped it will inevitably land on two. It can€™t balance on just one, as the weight will drag it over. Now it actually has something to push against as it stops, it becomes as easy to control as anything can be with a huge gyroscopic force in the middle of it. The wheels are made of 1 CM solid grade 5 Ti. Wrapped and glued around that is 3 CMs of soft compound rubber, allowing it to squish downwards a bit and absorb its own hits, and around all of that are vulcanore (or however you spell it) rubber tyres to provide traction. These are protected from disc attacks by two semi-circular wheel guards, so each wheel unit still looks like a ball.

Chassis: The main chassis consists of one solitary 1 CM thick 4 mm box section hardox bar. Slotted over that is a secondary axle, inside which are the batteries. There are also two other triangular chassis€™ supporting the wheels. These are made from 4 MM 1 CM box section Ti bars with weight reducing holes.

Armour: The true axle and chassis is a 4 MM hardox bar. The battery axle is 5 mm aluminium. The semi circular wheel protectors and side spikes are 6 mm grade 5 Ti. The scoopitself is 3 mm Aluminium

Srimech: Totally invertible. Controls won€™t even have to be reversed after flipping, meaning it can just go straight back on the attack.

Drive: 2 S28-400 Magmotors at 24 volts.

Safety links: It still needs two. These are at the very ends of the battery axle, accessible by holes next to the spinning axle. Technically it€™s possible to hit these with a toothpick style axe, but in the middle of a battle, when both robots are moving around and you€™re in a control pod at least 20 feet away€¦ Well, it€™s not going to happen.

Strengths: Very hard to hit, and hits very hard. Also thanks to the new wheels, it€™s about as controllable as something can be when it€™s got a gyroscopic force smack bang in the middle of it. Also thanks to the shape of the wheels, other spinners shouldn€™t be able to hurt it as much.

Weaknesses: To be honest I€™m not sure€¦ I haven€™t kill analysed this new version as much as the old version, so it may still be possible to surprise me with strategies I haven€™t thought of a good counter for:wink:

Position: Sub

hmz, what are the rules when it comes to weaponry? I mean, most flywheels can easily strike a ball towards goal, be it in pieces...

most crushers would shred the ball as well, heck, even nowadays rambots would make it go ka-boom :proud:

one way or another, reserve me a spot :proud:

Ill enter one Ive just got to think of a good footy team.

quote:

Ill enter one Ive just got to think of a good footy team.

So we expect Timmys entries will be posted in 2020 then Timmy :proud:

Or have i given you too much credit on the time taken to work out how to put together a fantasy footy team :)

(Message edited by MrDaveS on January 28, 2006)

Would I be right in thinkign this is for heavyweight robots?

Team name: Team Doomforall

Name of player: Hector
Position: Goalie
Weight: 100kg
Dimensions: 2.2m width with jaws open, 40cm high, 80cm depth with jaws open
http://www.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/hector.htmwww.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/hector.htm for the rest

Name of player: Red Knight
Position: Defense
Weight: 100kg
Dimensions: 1.8m long (arm forward position) 70cm width 50cm depth with jaws open
http://www.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/redknight.htmwww.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/redknight.htm for the rest
Differences: Flywheel is removed, 10kg is taken off plate and robot is 10% smaller, front plate is inverted so it is now concave

Name of player: Baldur
Position: Striker
Weight: 100kg
Dimensions: 30cm high, 70cm long, 50cm wide
http://www.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/baldur.htmwww.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/baldur.htm for the rest

Name of player: Ramthrax
Position: Mid field
Weight: 100kg
Dimensions: 1.2m long, 80 cm wide, 35cm high
http://www.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/hector.htmwww.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/hector.htm for the rest

Name of player: Archangle of the Abyss
Position: Attacker
Weight: 150kg
Dimensions: 1.6m dimater, 40cm tall
http://www.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/aota.htmwww.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/aota.htm for the rest
Modifications: lower blades are curved to scoop the ball better

Name of player: Allanon
Position: Stiker
Weight: 100kg
http://www.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/allanon.htmwww.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/allanon.htm for the rest
Modifications: the two sides now always spin in possing directions, and the blades are modified into ball catchers, this means that it will draw the ball into the middle when they are both aiming that way, then it can be reversed so they are both going outwards to blast the ball otu with massive power

Name of player: Black Panther Queen
Position: striker
Weight: 100kg
http://www.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/bpq.htmlwww.geocities.com/alex_j_holt/bpq.html for the rest
Modifications: polycarb side flaps at front

:proud: VENGEANCE UNITED F.C. :proud:

MAIN TEAM:
1. Metal Sonic Spin Dash (striker)
2. Killotine: EVO (midfield)
3. All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy (midfield)
4. Wedge Devolution (defence)
5. Chameleon with scoop (goalkeeper)

SUBSTITUTES:
6. Toby the T-Ram Engine (midfield)
7. Clawdius Decimus Murderous (defence)

Stats can be found here (http://fvagroup.proboards39.com/index.cgi?board=bravehearthttp://fvagroup.proboards39.com/inde...ard=braveheart) and here (http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/discus/messages/760/4937.html?1131021472http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/disc...7.html?1131021 472) and all machines will be equipped with side-flaps ala Robot the Bruce to aid ball control.

Ill enter
Team Name: Lucy
Name:Ripe
Position:Goal
Weight:100Kgs
Dimensions:3X1X4
Weapons: A Flipper and an axe which work together because when the ball is played the flipper tosses the ball and the axe whacks it downfield, It also has a safety camera so it doesnt hit any of the team members or opposition.
Speed:14Mph
Drive: 4 S28-400 Magmotors at 12 volts.
Armour: Wood
Transmitor:Electronic(It doesnt have a wire)
Additional: Gloves.

Name: Bere
Position:Striker
Weight:60kgs
Dimensions:1X1X1
Weapons: two big lifters which work as crushers so when we get the ball we lift and topple the ball into the robots mouth and then we let go of the lifters and the ball rolls down into the net.
Speed:48Mph
Drive:8 S28-400 Magmotors at 6 volts
Armour: Wood
Transmitor:Electronic(It doesnt have a wire)
Additionals:Robot the bruce style side-flaps and at the back storm 2 style skirts.
Rest Later.

Save me a place for now please, Dave.

Save Martyn a space

Ok, Frank, Steve, Alex and Tim are all in, Martyn, AJ and Martijn, they have spaces saved, 1 more needed.

Tim, I said Transmission, not transmitter, as in, gear ratio, chains or sprockets ?

Martijn, no restrictions on weapons you may attack another bot with them providing they have ball possesion. Oh and the ball is a bowling ball

(Message edited by razerdave on January 28, 2006)

My bad, I missed tony, so all spaces filled, just need team stats for a few people

What I honestly dont know what Transmission Means.

You know Frank, you should change your stats. I doubt I is almost 3 meters long :proud:
Oh yes, and can I put Bloody tears in the goal horizontilly so more ground is covered? But not like it matters cause either way I can ajuist turn it when the match starts :P

Well its only 3 mm polycarb, and mostly empty apart from the wheels, motors and springy/windy mechanism so it could be:proud:

...But yeah. Change it to 130 CMs.

Will do.

Tim: Transmission means how power is sent from the motors to the wheels/tracks/legs. It can be via Chain, Belts, gears, or friction wheels

Tony did bring up a good point though, we can technically make our goalkeepers bigger than the goal itself =/

Ok there are all chains
and heres the next 2
Name:Si
Position:Midfielder
Weight: 85KGS
Dimensions:1X1X1
Weapons: A big air filled hole which can either shoot the ball or pass.
Speed:12MPH
Drive:16 S28-400 Magmotors at 3 volts.
Armour:Kevlar
Transmission:chains
Additionals:Boots and Gloves

Name:Anne
Position:Defender
Weight:145Kgs
Dimensions:12X2X12
Weapons: 2 Big claws like tough as nails at the front and at the back
Speed:31Mph
Drive:2 Magmotors running at 24 Volts
Armour:Titanium
Transmission:Chains
Additionals:Boots on top.

Perhaps I should of made things a bit clearer, this comp is for 100kg HWs, no additional weights for tracks, 200kg limit on walkers, and from any side, the robot must be at least ball diameter smaller than the goal

Tim: I assume that voltage on Si is supposed to be 36v

Since weve got a few teams, I have done a draw:

Team AJ vs. Vengance UTD FC

Team Tim vs Team Martyn

Team Frank vs. Team Doomforall

Team Hyper Hitmen vs. Team Martijn

Oh, quick modification, archangel should be 200kg in that case, so look at the modifications i nthe extra section

ok and its 100kgs for anne
The last 3
Name:Hus
Position:Defence midfielder
Weight:99kgs
Dimensions:2X1X2
Weapons:A bi-rotational axe which spins upward and it has safety cameras to protect the opposition and my own team
Speed:21MPH
Drive: 4 S28-400 Magmotors at 36V.
Armour:Titanium
Transmission:Chains
Additionals:Boots on the axe

Name:Ky
Position:Sub
Weight:100KGS
Dimensions:1X2X3
Weapons:A scoop
Speed:60MPH
Drive:4 S28-400 Magmotors at 36V.
Armour:Glass
Transmission:Chains
Additionals: has a flag that says Stoke Sucks

Name:The
Position:Sub
Weight:100KGS
Dimensions:2X2X2
Weapons:A wedge with a scoop and bonbons
Speed:23MPH
Drive:4 S28-400 Magmotors at 36V.
Armour:Polycarbonate
Transmission:Chains
Additionals: has on the top blast off


Oh yeah my team is called Team Lucy not Team Tim and its the battle of the crap writers.

My bad.

Im not certian if Anne would be 100kg with all that gear in the stats, and it cant go magically from 145kg to 100kg because you switched the numbers over.

Oh yeah.... Bonbons ? Those are sweets arent they ?

Team AJ vs. Vengance UTD FC

Team Lucy vs Team Martyn

Team XI vs. Team Doomforall

Team Hyper Hitmen vs. Team Martijn

OK get rid of the back TAN style claws then.

And make those dimensions REASONABLE...you cant fit anything in dimensions that small.

Depends what unit of measurement Timmy is using.

Exuse me Tim how dare you call me a crap writer! I cannot even begin to go into how insulting that is!

No what I meant was that you have spelling problems thats why youre a crap writer.

*snorts*

A-ha-ha. I cant believe that the guy who can only spell his own name because his Mummys written it on his sock is accusing someone else of bad spelling.

I love the smell of hypocrisy in the evening.

Laughing My F***ing Arse Off

I know Ive got bad spelling as well i was just telling him.

Tim you wouldnt know crap if it smacked you round the face

ewwww, getting smacked in the face with crap, not nice :P

The way you phrased that Tim was a bit bad, it should have been bad spellers, not bad writers, because thats an insult to Martyns fanfic writing ability (regardless of spelling ability).

Besides, even saying hes a bad speller is not nice, however truthful it may or may not be.

Martyn, Tony, Martijn, AJ, I need stats from you lot

Oops, forgot link to stats..coulda sworn I posted that, oh well
http://farr.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=Hitmenhttp://farr.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=Hitmen

Team Name: Omnibot Athletic

Name of Player: Robinson
Position: Goalkeeper
Weight: 100kgs
Dimensions: 100cm x 100cm x 30cm
Weapons: None
Speed: 25mph
Power: 4x Eteks @ 60v
Armour: 4mm Hardox 600
Transmission: Gear driven omnibot
Notes: Two big hands made of 3.25mm Hardox with rubber padding on top to save the ball. Can move side to side to save the ball as well as come out to meet the oppositions attackers.

Name of Player: Terry
Position: Defender
Weight: 100kgs
Dimensions: 100cm x 100cm x 30cm
Weapons: Front snowplough (like that on Shunt)
Speed: 15mph
Power: 4x LEM200 @ 60v
Armour: 6mm Hardox 600
Transmission: Gear Driven
Notes: Designed to just plough into the opposition when they are in position of the ball. They will soon be de-possessed when a 100kgs chunk of Hardox tackles them at 15mph with over 100hp.

Name of Player: Lampard
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Weight: 100kgs
Dimensions: 100cm x 100cm x 30cm
Weapons: Front scoop with side ball flaps
Speed: 20mph
Power: 2x Eteks @ 60v
Armour: 4mm Hardox 600
Transmission: Gear Driven
Notes: Can play the ball forwards and make forward runs using the scoop. The bulkiness can mean Lampard can get back to tackle too.

Name of Player: Beckham
Position: Midfielder
Weight: 100kgs
Dimensions: 100cm x 100cm x 30cm
Weapons: Pneumatic scoop (like Behemoths)
Speed: 15mph
Power: 2x Eteks @ 60v
Armour: 4mm Hardox 600
Transmission: Gear Driven
Notes: The scoop can be used to simply guide the ball or flick balls forwards and maybe even cross the ball in. The scoop has side ball supports to guide it around.

Name of Player: Owen
Position: Striker
Weight: 100kgs
Dimensions: 80cm x 70cm x 25cm
Weapons: Front scoop with side ball flaps
Speed: 25mph
Power: 4x LEM130€™s @ 36v
Armour: 4mm Hardox 600
Transmission: Gear Driven omnibot
Notes: Small and nippy omnibot that can pick the ball up, weave round the defenders and put the ball in the net.

Name of Player: King
Position: Substitute (Defence/Midfield)
Weight: 100kgs
Dimensions: 100cm x 100cm x 30cm
Weapons: Front scoop with side ball flaps.
Speed: 15mph
Power: 2x LEM200€™s @ 60v
Armour: 6mm Hardox 600
Transmission: Gear Driven
Notes: Can play in either midfield or defence as a substitute.

Name of Player: Rooney
Position: Substitute (Striker/Midfield)
Weight: 100kgs
Dimensions: 100cm x 100cm x 30cm
Weapons: Front scoop with side ball flaps.
Speed: 25mph
Power: 2x LEM200€™s @ 60v
Armour: 5mm Hardox 600
Transmission: Gear Driven
Notes: A strong, bulky and powerful robot that can pick the ball up, drive through a pack of defenders and put the ball in the back of the net.

Hope thats okay! :)

60v ?! I should be a bit clearer that the HWs in this tourney must conform to current FRA standard rules, and I dont think 60v is the limit, unless its AC

No, 60v IS the limit right on the dot, anything past that is whats bad.

There is nothing wrong with 60v, all my bots use it these days...

quote from the rules:
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/documents/buildrules2006.pdfhttp://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/docu...drules2006.pdf

quote:

6.2.
Mean working voltage should not exceed 36V DC or 36V RMS AC