SMIDSY - heavyweight robot and loads of gear

Some one out there may remember us - SMIDSY appeared on RobotWars from series 3 until the last year (series 7 ?), plus a couple of years of RobotWars Extreme and (IIRC) two years of Technogames). We never made it past the heat finals but got to play with the big boys.

Anyway, our robot has been sitting, unloved, in my garage for the last few years and Im moving house in a couple of weeks and its got to go :-(

Its mostly stainless steel and titanium so its in fairly good condition. (Although the batteries didnt survive the last series)

Some of the gear is actually worth something:
* 2x 70A 4QD speed controllers
* 3x 120A 4QD speed controllers
* 2x 750W bosch motors
* An Iskra 800W motor
* Multiplex CockpitMM 40MHz computer transmitter
* 2x Multiplex IPD receivers
* 2x big (4 foot square) sheets of 3mm, grade 5 titanium. This stood up to some of the best axes on the show.
* a selection of RC-to-4QD interface boards and switch/relay boards

Then theres a pile of virtually worthless stuff, spare bits of steel, go-kart wheels and tyres, assorted pneumatic actuators that we never used,
some mechanical actuators that we did use, a few assorted smaller motors (including windscreen wiper motors), lots of sturmey-archer gearbox parts (as seen on your grannys bike ;-) Some polycarbonate, loads of fire-proof wire mesh, various wires and nuts and bolts.

In all, there are 6 crates of stuff, as well as the robot itself and some other loose items.

Ive no idea what to do with it all. Id put it on eBay but Ive never seen anything similar so I doubt there are many people looking for this sort of thing.

Id be happy to give away all the stuff I consider worthless, if anyone can use it. I could even deliver it to a really good cause. Otherwise its going to the dump :-(

Any thoughts? Are there any other UK robot groups still active that I should contact?

this is the place where it will be sold if someone wants it (this forum is for active roboteers in europe)

theres a few things i think we could do with as spares, but we wont want to buy the lot, will ask my dad when hes back from work

Im sure that 99% of us remember you.

I sent an e-mail to you guys a while ago about buying SMIDSY off you, but got no reply.

How much for just the robot ?

what do you want for the titanium?

yeah i hate SMIDSY (did beat us and stoped us playing with Chaos2 )

but hope someone buys it realy

the only thing i would like is the 2 sheets of 3mm, grade 5 titanium

John

i will take it,how much?

I remember SMIDSY. Sorry Mate I Didnt See You ?
Bikers if I remember.

Robin has the website link on his profile.

http://www.SMIDSY.nethttp://www.SMIDSY.net

I think I have some film of SMIDSY getting pummelled by THZ at Brighton.....

Interested in the Ti

Wow, I didnt expect so much interest so quickly (and Im really glad to hear that weve not faded into oblivion)

I guess you guys would be the best judge of how much its worth. To get the ball rolling, half the new value of the three pro-120 4QD boards would be about £200, so Id be happy if anyone offered £500 for the whole lot.

I would love it to go to a roboteer, particularly one who would run it under the same name, so Im not going to put it on eBay.

My other criteria is that I need to get the crates of spares out of my garage before the 17th July (when we move). Im in Crawley, West Sussex (near Gatwick and the M25) and will happily spend an evening delivering stuff but dont want to run all over the country.

Ive checked the Ti (its hidden behind some shelves) and we must have sold one of the sheets of 3mm and the remaining sheet is 1m square (not 4 foot). Theres also a piece we cut for extra armour, 75x44cm and a couple of 1mx150mm strips and some other smaller off-cuts.

I also discovered a 1x1.5m sheet of 1mm Ti that I had forgotten about - I dont think this is grade 5 though because the pointy axes could go through it.

Robin

Hey Robin

so thats £500 for the entire robot ?

I REALLY wanna buy it but I dunno if I can afford it, even though £500 is great for such a cool robot

how much for the 1mm ti ???

A bargain.

so thats £500 for the entire robot ?

Yes, Id really prefer to sell the whole lot together (you can then eBay the Ti and 40MHz radio yourself)

If several people want it then its going to go to the best offer who can collect it before I move. Please tell me how youre going to use it too, thats as important as the money.

Ill have to make a decision at least a few days before we move but Ill leave it long enough for everyone to read this.

Im new to this forum, so Im not too sure of the etiquette. Please let me know if I should be doing this differently.

Robin

No this is fine, most people have use email to get official bids and sort out collection details etc.

£500 all in is irresitable. SMIDSY needs to be run at events. i am about an hour away & can pick it up today.

ive emailed my phone number

I think SMISDY would fit well beside Weird Alice :)

Can I get a drive of it when you get it, please ?

May go to someone else.

Waiting in antici..........pation

another rocky horror picture show fan :)

hold this thought Swanny in a basque!!!!!!!!!

Look here Clive, thats a bit of a scary thought. You do know were all going to have nightmares now.

Ian in a Basque - aarrggghhhh the nightmare returns

with fishnets & stilettos??????

Actually Ian is more of an Eddie.

Nightmare Returns is an Alice Cooper reference.

damn it Janet

Hot Patootie! ;-)

Ive got to make a decision in the next couple of days, so unless anyone can come up with either a really good reason why I should sell them SMIDSY (or a higher offer) its going to Andy Steels.

Oh, and while packing up my garage I discovered the useful parts of an electric wheel chair, so Ill throw that in too.

Robin

Whos Andy Steels ? Hydras Andy ?

I REALLY wish I had the money for this robot, its got so much potential and deserves to be back in live shows. Plus it looks like my kinda robot (Black and Red and kinda grungy looking :))

Yes it is mate.

I was trying to avoid telling Luke but obviously forgot to mention that to Robin.

Andy

As much as Weird Alice would have loved to have been SMIDSYs new owners it looks like it will be going to Andy, but as long as it gets used as it was meant to be, it cant be a bad thing. It would have been nice to stick one of our sponsors stickers on the side, just to keep the biker theme going but not to worry.

SMIDSYs actually a robot which is great for us as a team. Paul and Colin who have been part of the team since Colchester will be mainly looking after it.

Its also great for Luke and Colin to be able to give out the build your own SMIDSY sheets. The autograph signing is something they both really enjoy and its something different. Lukes built loads of these in the past and really enjoyed it.

Paul and Colin wont be at the UK champs as theyre in the states but if (And from Robins post above it is an if) we get it, they may be receiving a delivery of some batteries and stuff to bring back. (Pauls mum has already commented on the fact that shes developing rather a large stack of boxes there)

Andy

Andy

The storage box to robot ratio seems to get higher and higher as time goes by until you start asking yourself the question What is this for and exactly why do we have this many? I do like the idea of bringing supplies back from the states though.

Robin called me earlier and to be honest he has received a fantastic offer.

Only problem he has is that his email has gone down and they didnt leave a phone number.

As he needs to get rid before the 17th, theres still hope:mrgreen:

Andy

PS: Because Im a soft git if you send me an email, Ill pass on your number to Robin :sad:

Thanks Andy.
Im part way to a PC solution - it works when I switch off Zone Alarm!
Ive emailed the other party with my phone number but havent spoken to him yet.
Robin

Working now then. These computers are worse than the robots arent they.

Andy

Sigh...another robot I miss out on, and I definitely have the money (about 1500 pounds)... :sad:

give me £1500 and you can have beast lol

that will just pay my car insurance :sad:

OK then. Ill give you the money Friday. Means you wont be able to live up to all your boasts for the UK champs:rofl:

Buying out all the robots, huh Andy :P