Corvis (temp bot name) rough ideas.

[Bacon Wizard]

Has anyone ever attempted a bot that anchors itself to the arena floor with suction for better weapon-deployment and/or anti flip?

[maddox10]

Yep, John Reed with Killerhurtz -see the movie Antazz posted.
There a turbine and extremely fast running motor created suction between bottom plate and floor.

In Beta he used a gazillion magnets.


But anti-flip. Worst case scenario robot and piece of floor get airtime. The flippers atm are "powerfull".

[Bacon Wizard]

robot and piece of floor get airtime.

Yikes!.....

Very interesting bots, I like the thinking. I've been looking at gyroscopes also.

[maddox10]

Your avarage heavyweight FP flipper uses a 100mm bore ram with multiple feeding valves.

5*5*pi*55=4300 kg of force.

In feathers a 50mm bore ram ain't an exception. That's a ton of force...

[craig_colliass]

When dealing with armor and Hydraulic weapons some times it pays to think outside of the box. With Saint I looked at the maximum height the beak Of Tiberius could be raised, and then made the robot that bit taller, Problem solved.
also it can only chew at the edges of most robots. because the tip pressure reduces with distance from the fulcrum. the beak arm has a short reach.
Axes are harder the way I reduced the damage from them, was conveyor belt wrapped round the body of Saint, this has worked for years.

The lesson
Know your opponent. design round their weapons.