Corvis (temp bot name) rough ideas.

[typhoon_driver]

I would gladly take a shot gun to any of my machines. A tethered projectile weapon will do little damage

[Bacon Wizard]

I would gladly take a shot gun to any of my machines. A tethered projectile weapon will do little damage

No wonder: a shotgun is unlikely to deliver much more than 3500 fp. Far less than what I am now proposing.

An Axe is just a projectile tethered by a handle. Its merely a question of how you generate force. I suspect you think this is gonna be an arrow on a bit of wire. It's a linear ram, but not pneumatic.

You store energy up in a spinning fly-weight and release it upon contact using a spear-tip or "tooth"

I'm planning to store energy using modern materials used as springs (steel won't do the job, it's too heavy and sluggish) and release it upon contact using a spear-tip.

It all comes down to how much energy you can store.

It's not been tried before as far as I can tell, but the figures stack-up. So I'll trial it and if it doesn't do the job I'll move to plans B and C.

At the worst, I'll turn it into a straight crossbow without using it in a robot at all.