Eye Of The Robot - Series 5

Masamune

Shape: Barrel shaped, with a 20 CM long wedge at the front, with a sword blade extender. More on this a little later.

Speed: 15 MPH

Size: 80x50x25 CMs (LWH)

GC: 3 CMs at the sides and rear, 0 at the front.

Armour: 6 mm Hardox all over except for a 5 mm Ali baseplate. With the exception of the wedge, the barrel is made out of one sheet of hardox so there are no plates that can just be torn off.

Weapon: Retractable sword lifter. The sword blade can be extended 15 CMs out from the wedge to allow it to get under any spinner safely, or it can be retracted to extend only a couple of CMs from the wedge to allow it to lift with more control. The actual moving part s the wedge, which is powered by two linear actuators and should be able to lift around 200 KGs. It can also be lowered slightly, causing the sword to dig into the floor slightly resulting in it being able to get under even 0 GC wedges and skirts. The actual sword blade is made from 5 mm grade 5 Ti.

Drive: 4 internal wheels with vulkanised tyres, powered by two S28-400 Magmotors at 24 volts.

Batteries: 4 packs of 24 volt NiCads.

Shrimech: The rollover barrel shape. If it gets stranded against a wall, it can use the sword to push itself away.

Oopss... missed that rule... hmmm....

Ill take out dante and baldur and put in....

T.R.A.C.I.E and bodyhammer (s1)
With two finallists how can I lose? lol

If there is a spot left, please save it for me!

To be fair, TRACIE is probably the best S1 robot to use if you ignore the fiact it has a 46kg weight disadvantage. :proud:

LOL, Mark has a 4-wheel drive thwackbot!!

I built 1 before in a video game. It will work, just not very well. :mrgreen:

It has more power then a 2 wheel Thwackbot, but turns a bit slower.

(Message edited by corsair_lightning on May 18, 2008)

... no it wont have more power...

the power of a twackbot lies in the combination of speed and mass, slower twackbots are always less powerful

Well, I am right in saying:

I built 1 before in a video game. It will work, just not very well.:mrgreen:

Yes, and video games are not usually representative of real world physics...the only way it will work is if:

1) you have the four wheels arranged parallel to the edges of a square. This means you an spin around really fast, but translational movement is going to be very difficult.

2) you have car type steering. This means you can move in a wide arc and get some velocity out of whatevers on the end of the pole, albeit not as effective as a true thwackbot.

Trying to do a four wheel drive skid steer thwackbot is stupid. The friction from the wheels will wreck your spinning speed, and therefore your power, and your battery life will be shorter than the avarage career of Big Brother housemates. Just because you did it in a video game does not mean it will work in real life.

wth, come on guys, Im growing to like the method of ignoring Mark, and wth, a 4wd twackbot will work, but it just wont win a fight for what its worth, Id rather see Mark go out in round 1 than having this entire discussion again