Skipdiving Robotics

[daveimi]

Not had a bit of an update in a while so thought I'd best keep my adoring fans happy. Well firstly wanted to say don't take microwaves apart, they're full of high voltages and dodgy chemicals and you're better off just binning them. The magnetron and big capacitors are particularly nasty. Wooden heavyweight frame has been perfected after a summer of rubbish ideas and it's going to be my main focus for next year I think. It's basically a wooden thwack bot. To be honest the hardest part has been mounting wheelchair motors, that were designed for a tubular frame, onto a flat base plate. Obsessed with a wood robot for some reason. Keen to get out of the spinners and after four years fighting on and off in every other weight category I think I'm ready for a go. Piccies below (of random parts gathering and bongos).




Beetle is going well, I've bought a lipo, a cheap 3s charger and power supply, lipo bag thingy, some botbitz and a load of connectors and cabling. Robot is finished physically, just going to charge the lipo and cable everything together for the weekend. Got some better bolts am going to mix on the transmitter. Oh and you can see the difference between the old nimh brick and the new batt!! Lipo ftw. Questions, thoughts, opinions welcome as ever.