Team Saint Robot Builds

[craig_colliass]

Team Saint Robot Builds

Rather than having lots of threads for the different. builds that Team Saint will be doing I thought I would have just the one.



What to do with an old kettle answer make a robot out of it




Spliting the kettle in half so I can cut out the old steel floor was a lot harder than it sounds but with some patience this was done the plastic base of the kettle was made of poor quality plastic so only the original outer ring is going to be used. the center is Polycarbonate about 6mm.




The motors are from Ebay I have no idea how good they are going to be the spec is about 1000rpm spindle speed with a 4mm output shaft, the wheels are from Technobots, I had to re-tap the grub screw holes and fit bigger 4mm grub screws as the original didn't seem up to the task they are 73mm diameter this gives a theoretical speed of 13.75Km/h But the motors are so small I think 8Km/h would be the top speed.

[craig_colliass]

I haven't uploaded much with the build recently so here is an up date for you all.

the speed controller is the Sabertooth dual 12A, this is really overkill for the motors that wouldn't pull half that at stall conditions. but for team Saint it is about as small as we go!



Saturn 2.4gHz receiver is used these seem to work well and bind quickly.



The Battery is made up of 10* 1.2v AA 2600 mAh cells they work very well.



In the test today of the robot drive it went well but I may need a gyro to dampen down the steering, dose anyone know the best to use for this.

[daveimi]

Your robots are awesome! This has inspired me to try and finish the Roasting Dish of Doom for Barnsley.

[craig_colliass]

Why thank you David the robot you are building sounds inspired

I have a video of the first test if anyone would be interested

[PJ-27]

Make it a melty brain FBS!

[plargen]

LOL that's brilliant and yes add the eyes

and also if you dont have a name my other half suggested Teabot as in teapot if you hadnt gessed

[Max]

That's really cool, you should have steam come out the spout.

[daveimi]

Your robot inspired me to do a load more on Roasting dish of Doom!!! Was at it for 4hrs last night!

[craig_colliass]

That is such a good idea! Oven ready armour, will you get another dish for the top or a plastic roast to finish the the look?
I love it when people think laterally. What else could we do?
Teapot the terrible!!!

[daveimi]

Yeah I'm thinking about a baking tray lid to finish it off with somthing on top lol. I'm struggling to come up with a weapon though. I'm gonna squash in a battery and a speedo somehow n it should be good to go! I have more ideas about a Pressure Cooker of Doom to fight spinners and stuff as they look pretty beefy. But that needs work lol. I also thought I could move up to heavyweight with The Dishwasher of Doom but my fiance says she will end me if I go that far

What speedo do you have it looks like a posh one. I also have ideas for other items from daily life that would make good robots such as old lawn mower grass clippings box, some sort of big biscuit tin / chocolates tin, pc case, metal tool box, one of those mini safes you get from argos if you cut the door off and use what's left. The possibilities are endless! I keep seeing stuff and making a mental note lol.

The most perfect one I've seen though is an AP Case. You can get these Motorola wireless Access Points in warehouses, and when they're in chill / frozen they put them in these cases that have a ready made lid etc like this:

http://www.scotttorborg.com/turtlecam/buoy_box.jpg

it's like a pre-made metal tin with screw on lid.