Questions/builds thread.

[RogueTwoRobots]

I like the edit you've made to your list of bots about Carcinus Jamie

Just telling it like it is

[Ellis]

Oh good. I have a bit of old bed which should do the trick. :wink:

Thanks.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Funny you should mention that. Drumroll's cradle is made up of old/broken bed spars

[psycho_fling]

Funny you should mention that. Drumroll's cradle is made up of old/broken bed spars

you should be more careful where you test it jamie

[Ellis]

I think someone asked how big the robot is a page or so back. It's almost perfectly 50cm x 50cm.

It's going to look like a middleweight next to 540.

[Ellis]

Well, Tormenta's story ends here. After ten fights, three at Yeovil and seven at the champs, it's going into an early retirement.

Original side panels replaced as they were destroyed. Original lifter panel got equally destroyed. Back panels also replaced. Baseplate smashed in two places, all four bulkheads shattered, both front armour panels cracked and in one case halved. Every plastic gear that could have stripped, stripped, and in once case, broken in two. Two split gearboxes, one burnt out motor. Dead ESC relay, obliterated receiver battery and buckled to buggery lifter arms.

But!

When we got it home it was still functional, be it after a fashion. Two drive motors still worked and the lifter did too (admittedly only once: upwards!) Must say, pretty proud.

RIP Tormenta!

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I can't speak for my dad (though I suspect he had a blast too), but I certainly had the time of my life. We learned so much, from so many interesting and just generally brilliant people. It was utterly fantastic. I can't wait to do it all over again. The robot getting mullered is insignificant. I would have gone for the experience alone.

I shall make a thread for Tormenta 2 soon. We have already stripped Tormenta, allowing us to see the real extent of the damage. We took some pics of halfway through the process, some of them are hilarious... http://s1088.photobucket.com/albums/i32 ... elentless/ - personal favourite is the close up of the damaged gears (what's scary is that's not all of them!)

Everything we have learned will be going into the second generation. Roll on Tormenta 2! Oh, and, I promise: no chopping boards are going anywhere near it.

Any videos we recorded will be uploaded and posted here over the coming week(s).

Thanks for everything!

[Eventorizon]

Oh, and, I promise: no chopping boards are going anywhere near it.

But we loved the chopping boards!

What is the extra drill motor and chain in the middle of Tormenta II for? Are you going for a fork lifter like Kaiser/Panic Attack?

[Ellis]

Still a lifter, but a lifter with a twist. I believe what we have in mind has only ever been done once, in America. :wink:

[Eventorizon]

I am guessing either like this one...

http://www.instructables.com/id/30lb-Fighting-Robot/

or like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXHnvCNGjqQ

[shakesc]

Well after the first outing of Spur it showed up the weakness of a linear actuator for a lifter - there is simply no give when you get flipped. I already had the chain, motor and sprockets to move over to a design similar to Team Near Chaos but didn't have the time to do it before Aylesbury. My assumption is that in a flip the motor , if not powered, will allow some rotation protecting the forks
The other one to look at is Sewer Snake