Team Psyclone: The Uprising (Of Build Diaries)

[TeamPsyclone]

I got as far as the base chassis, before the jigsaw died. The other, McCheapo, is almost done, just needs a link, light, batteries and an ESC. Half of the robot looks like it's missing, mainly to see what I could build with the junk from the kitchen and shed. I wish't the Bang Bang speed controllers had worked, but the digital servos just pushed the switches off.

So, hopefully tomorrow, I'll have enough to get a cheap ESC, or more likely salvage one from the old RC Car.

[daveimi]

Do you have any pictures it sounds really good

[TeamPsyclone]

I don't have any at the moment, but it sounds better than it looks, unless I put it as "Two badly cut chopping boards stuck together with HDPE, drill motors bolted down with Pipe Clips* and with missing side panels." Just wanted to make a bot out of what I had spare.

*The rubber pipe holder things

[daveimi]

Keep going! It sounds dead good!

[TeamPsyclone]

So, unfortunately, McCheapo, I've realised, has to be scrapped for parts, and left as a testing mechanism. As of now, Shazam! is my main robot. It'll take a while to get it running, but I have an engineering college/school/something to get it going.

[TeamPsyclone]

Right, I think I've got a design decent, fun type ant. It's a little larger than 4 inches, so not comptetitive, but something to get my skills up with. I'll likely be 3D Printing it, soonish.

[Ellis]

Could it not go in the cube diagonally?

[TeamPsyclone]

Well, with a couple modifications, it still doesn't look too impressive, but I have no better software than Sketchup. A box with a lifter shouldn't cost too much to 3D Print, right? Also, thanks to a little scaling magic, it does now fit in the 4 Inch cube. I hope. Either way, it'll just be there for fun, rather than something that would go to AWS or whatever. If it works, then I'll move on to a feather, and see if I can make one that can be competitive.
Image of the ant model here:
http://imgur.com/a/7A4vl

[TeamPsyclone]

Good news! I may have finally found some team members, more than the limit, so I may need to weed out the less interested. It's seems to be going well so far.

[TeamPsyclone]

Well, slightly better news, quite a few of my friends are interested in building robots, on my team. Which is kind of awkward, since last time I checked, it was 4 to a team? Or would 5 be okay with the competitions? I have had a quick scour through the rules, but nothing seems to be said on team size.