the saw blade finaly came in, and i have been ripping things apart with it :)
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the saw blade finaly came in, and i have been ripping things apart with it :)
andup the battlebot was falling apart so we bought a inter labs kit
i mean inertia-labs kit
New (bad pic quality) Robots, Unnamed Crusher is finished and Hammerbot is finished.
Crusher is 2, SD150 speed hacked with a new(?) JR servo that dishes out 5.8kg of force, its pretty old school with Nicads and 40MHz hitec feather receiver but its fairly nippy and shoves my other ants round.
Hammerbot has 2 speed hacked HS-60 and a brushless motor driving an axe. looks alot more like Terrorhurtz than i like but it works, and works well, just dont flip it, its self rights into orbit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanto818www.flickr.com/photos/tanto818
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanto818www.flickr.com/photos/tanto818
7 of my 8 Robots
Name: BrilliANT
Drive: 2 Futabe servos
Weight: Cant remember!
Power: 4 AAA Batteries
Weapon: What weapon? There isnt one!
Armour: 0.5mm Plastic (Lol)
Status: XP (Dead)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwp-ZnRmNCMhttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwp-ZnRmNCM
the first brushless hammerbot in action
Thats quite cool :) Im guessing its quicker than the camera makes it look because its only a webcam or something
yea lightning fast, webcam is on the slow side
apart from on the selfright is slower than it is normally other wise it does 720 flips
yea lightning fast, webcam is on the slow side
apart from on the selfright is slower than it is normally other wise it does 720 flips
Looks really good Craig!
Anyway, here is my ant
Name- Ant Awe
Weight- currently 144g
Drive- 2x 30:1 motors
Speedo- Barrello
Battery- 6v Ni-Mh
Weapon- Flipper powered by HPXF servo
Armour- 0.5mm Aluminium
Its a mini version of Iron Awe!!
Pic on profile
a barrello ? its a sabretooth you use isnt it ?
I love Ant-Awe!
Thanks Matt!
It used to have a sabretooth in there but Alex from team Blitz now has it in his ant.
I plan to use the 3rd channel on the barrello for the next Ant Awe.
I thought the 3rd channel was 1 way only ?
It is- I have plans :wink:
pneumatics then
Since I was bored after doing revision i decided to take frostbite apart and rebuild it since it never worked properly so I took it apart and turned it into a fleaweight.
Name: Frostbite II
Weight: 68grams
Length:7cm
Width: 6cm
Height: 4cm
Armour: 1mm HDPE
Weapon: 0.5mm Alumiunium lifter powered by a micro servo
Drive: 2x modded spektrum servos
battery: 6v 120mAh Ni-Mh
notes: currently a bit slow- will try speed modding the servos this weekend
Pic:[attachment=0:30rt4hiu]frostbite II.JPG[/attachment:30rt4hiu]
Hmmm....duct tape armour.. wonder how long it will hold :lol:
this is what I do when i'm bored :P
K4t (a.k.a. Katjusha 4, a.k.a Kat)
Drive: 1:25 6mm planetary gearmotors
power: 1 cell, 3.7v 70mah LiPo
locomotion: 2x wheels
armor: 0.3mm CF
speedo: servoboard
weapon: Brushless Spinner at 35 krpm
weight: 19.5gr
r.x Penta 5
t.x Hitec Flash
notes: DUDEWEIGHT!!
That all depend on the servo you are using. Which brand and model is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by daleksupreme7
Rick Maas from Team RCC has built a new Antweight:
Name: Black Knight
Photographs:
http://members.home.nl/pjmmaas/BK/11.JPG
http://members.home.nl/pjmmaas/BK/10.JPG
http://members.home.nl/pjmmaas/BK/2.JPG
http://members.home.nl/pjmmaas/BK/1.JPG
Specifications:
Weapon:
Axe / Lifter / Pusher
Axe powered by GWS Park HPX servo @ 5V DC
Armour:
3mm HDPE shell
1mm ALU baseplate
Drive:
2x 12mm Inline Gearmotor, 443 RPM @ 3V DC (Sanyo clone)
Speedcontroller:
Barello ant 100
Receiver:
BR6000 2.4 Ghz
Battery:
3x Atomic Workshop 130mAh Lipo
Dimensions:
100x85x100 (LxBxH)
Weight:
149,8 Gram :o
Such an awesome looking machine, kudos to Rick :)
Will: Do you still have the crushing claw and big servo that came with Frostbite originally ?
Black Knight looks brilliant- can't wait to see it running!
Still got the claw and servo- hasn't been used in a while but still got it.
While I remember here is my latest antweight- Ant Awe 6!
Name: Ant Awe 6
Weight: 135g (plenty of weight for some extra armour)
Length: 11cm
Width: 11cm
Height: 7.5cm
Armour: 0.5mm Aluminium Armour, 2mm HDPE base
Weapon: Flipper powered by HPXF parkflyer servo
Drive: 2x 30:1 micro geared motors
Controller: Peter Waller's Option D controller
Battery: 7.4v, 180mAh LiPo
Rx: Spektrum AR500e
Notes: Its a mini version of Iron Awe 6!
Photo (still needs painting)
http://s881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... g&newest=1
Photo with Ant Awe 5
http://s881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... g&newest=1
Some of you may have noticed that Ant Awe 5 has been looking a bit tired and worn out over the last few events so I decided to give it a much needed rebuild.
It now features a new chassis with removeable shell (as on Ant Awe 6). This has made it much easier to work on and the drive and flipper now work a lot better.
Here are some pics (it still needs another coat of paint and the stickers added)
http://s881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... 20Awe%205/
The stats are pretty much the same as before
Weight: 148g
Length: 11cm
Width:11cm
Height: 7.5cm
Armour: 0.5mm Aluminium Armour, 2mm HDPE base
Weapon: Flipper powered by HPXF parkflyer servo
Drive: 2x 30:1 micro geared motors
Controller: Barello ant 150 controller
Battery: 7.4v, 180mAh LiPo
Rx: Spektrum AR500e
Say hello to the Americans!!!
Robot - Top Gun
Speed - Not very fast
Power - 4 1.5v 2300mAh NiMH in series
Drive - 2 Battlebot RC motors
Controller - RC toy speed controller
Weapon - Lifting forks and a wedge
Armour - 4mm HDPE and 3mm plastic
Status - Ready to fight.
Robot - Rambot II
Speed - Dont know
Power - 7.2v 730mAh NiMH
Drive - 4 Sanyo 50:1 motors
Controller - Sabretooth
Weapon - Sheer ramming ability
Armour - 8mm aluminum & 2mm titanium
Status - Waiting to be built
...8mm ali? Must be an American ant then :P
I might as well list mine here, Jigsaw's glaring at me...
Jigsaw IV
Weight: 150g
Dimensions: 140 x 100 x 63 mm...in theory...it refused to wedge into the cube in Richmond :P
Drive: 2 75.7:1 Sanyo gearmotors run from a 180mah 2 cell 7.4v LiPo and Waller Option D speed controller
Armour: 1.5mm and 0.75mm polycarbonate, 1mm aluminium, acetate
Weapon: HPXF servo powered front hinge flipper/self righter, what Scott refers to as 'awesome cat ears' which are actually self righting assisting devices
Notes: Jigsaws I, II and III were all not especially good and actually followed Asimov's laws of robotics, in that they rejected just about any orders they got and didn't do all that much except randomly twitch until defeat...Spektrum's a wonderful technology, it really is :P
Uses bits from project boxes and video cases
First robot I built that people thought was well engineered, despite me still working on the flipper linkage at 11PM the night before the event
Status: Alive and kicking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWRO9CuSmsQ
Little Yellow Taxi
Weight: 75g-ish
Dimensions: 95 x 73 x 30 mm (excluding aerial)
Drive: 2 SuperTec Naro HP servos, powering homebrew wheels running on a regulated 5v from a 7.4v 2 cell 135mah LiPo
Armour: 0.5mm carbon fibre, 0.75mm polycarbonate
Weapon: E-Flite Park 180 brushless motor powered 50mm long titanium blade/bar/untethered projectile running at ~15,000rpm
Notes: First brushless fleaweight spinner (apparently), has never been all that successful yet still seems to really scare everyone :P and can tear into titanium but strangely not tape?
Status: Being rebuilt, bits are on my desk atm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqNxdJ4u4vE
I lol'dQuote:
Originally Posted by joeychevron
Time for my ant :D
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Name: Stack error
Weight: Currently unknown but about 25g for the main body and 75g of drive, weapon servo etc components leaving 50g for wheels, a hinge , a linkage and the flipper it self.
Dimensions: Roughly 100 x 100 x 45 mm
Drive: 2 x Tower Pro MG90S Servos
Weapon: A HPXF powered flipper. Will be rear hinged if I can find/make a light enough hinge for it otherwise front hinged with the hinged bit of a plastic folder as its hinge.
Armour: The final version will be armoured in 2mm pcb when I can find the etching chemicals to remove the copper. However, I will make a prototype from CD jewel cases (convieniently also 2mm thick) to see If I can cut it by hand easily or if I'll need to borrow a laser.
Robot: #1
speed: super slow
Power: 4.2V 300MAh NiMh
Drive: Cheap servos
Controller:
Weapon: none
Armour: 2mm card
Status: Active
Photo: none
A few updates since last time :P
Jigsaw V mk. II
Weight: 150g
Dimensions: 135 x 100 x 40 mm
Drive: 2 x 50:1 Pololu HP 12mm gearmotors driving 32mm rubber tyred wheels, run from a Peter Waller option D speed controller and a 120mah 7.4v 2 cell lithium polymer battery pack
Armour: 1mm polycarbonate chassis, 0.9mm titanium, acetate
Weapons: Front hinged flipper/self righter powered by a modified 4 bar linkage from a Hitec HS82-MG servo run from full battery voltage
Notes: Was initially built for AWS32, but after numerous issues had a new chassis built after the weapon system more or less imploded at the event. Uses bits from video cases, Velcro tape, and random other components
Status: Alive and waiting to fight
Pictures can be found at http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii30 ... d%20diary/ for those that are interested, with commentary by myself for those insomniacs among us whom medical science has failed.
The Data Fields
Weight: 120g
Dimensions: 170 x 100 x 25 mm
Drive: 2 x 50:1 Inertia Labs 12mm gearmotors driving Tamiya track drive sprockets, run from a Sozbots SOZDSC-M speed controller and verious 2 and 3 cell 7.4/11.1v lithium polymer battery packs
Armour: 1mm hardened aluminium chassis, 1mm polycarbonate
Weapons: Interchangable rambot - options include hardened steel dart spikes, various scoops, shields, bumpers, whatever I can fit on really
Notes: On its third or fourth version (minor changes in between each, mainly to the armour, radio reciever, weapon setup, etc.) and perennially underweight despite relatively heavy components and home made axle blocks (!)
Status: Alive (somehow)
Slightly out of date pics are at http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii30 ... s%20build/
Arcus
Under construction antweight with claws, currently waiting for me to work out how to armour such an oddly shaped thing :P
Tracked robots FTW! :proud:
Arcus is done...well, it has been done for a while actually :P but only just got around to posting it, so here we go. Shane called it 'nuts' at Kidderminster which I can only assume is a good thing, heh...
Arcus
Weight: 125g
Dimensions: 145 x 120 x 25 mm
Drive: 2 x 75.7:1 Sanyo gearmotors (out of Jigsaw IV) driving 20mm diameter rubber/Dycem tyred wheels, run from a Peter Waller Option A speed controller, 135mah 2 cell 7.4v lithium polymer pack, and a spaghetti bolognese wiring setup
Armour: 1mm hardened aluminium chassis/base, 1mm polycarbonate rear armour, 0.5mm carbon fibre top panel
Weapons: Aluminium claws (obtained second hand from Dave Weston, I believe they were originally made by Tony Fowler) driven through servo gears and a Futaba S3102 metal gear mini servo
Notes: Self righting is through a consolidated synergetic multi-party platform system designed to overcome shortcomings in the individual (i.e. it's nonexistent and relies on the other robot to flip it back over). Not really a competitive antweight - it doesn't quite fit the 4 cube with the claws in any position - but it works well for demonstrations and is unbelievably fun :)
Status: Alive
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/i...s/DSC01184.jpg
Looks very pretty
Did you ever find out the cause of the burning incident at RFRC Joey?
I think the servo just overloaded, they don't really like 7.4v that much...the circuit and motor had both gone, I actually blew another servo at Kidderminster (thankfully just the motor, there was no smoke this time) and I find myself having to avoid heavy flipper usage in order to avoid burning them out...it's a strange situation, I may need to revise the linkage as far too much pressure seems to be borne by the servo when it self rights, that or look for a different servo.
Thanks for the comment Connor :)
Arcus Looks great joey :P
Just a few questions
Is it invertable?. Cos that might be a problem facing bots like Void and Anticide etc
and also it weighs 125g. Could you possibly switch the armour to titanium?
Thanks for the compliment :) it's not invertible as the linkage gets in the way, I keep toying with ideas for a srimech though.
As far as armour goes, titanium costs over £20 a sheet and takes absolutely ages to cut and bend with a Dremel and vice, and the polycarb and carbon fibre protects it from what it faces well enough...so nope, not considered switching the armour :P
Thanks for the reply Joey
You could make it a rollcage, but that might be a bit difficult