Team Kaizen - The Honey Badger

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So I've installed a castor ball to the front of the robot and ground off some of the swarf from the panels to get the screws to bed in a little neater. I then took the robot to a friend's place over the weekend just to see how controllable it is in a confined area, which seemed to go OK but the batteries were drained afterwards.

One thing I did notice was that the Badger had a tendency to jack itself into the grouting. The cause seemed to be the shell's rear panel which was lower than the bottom panel so I've been busy grinding off the edges to make the underside as flat as possible. The rear is done (much HDPE snow was made with the Dremel) and I need to do the front.

The wheel hub from the original Badger is knackered however, the grub screw is completely seized in the hub, which I suspect is bent slightly as that was the hub on the weapon bar which, as we all know, got hit very hard. So a new wheel hub is in order.

Other than that, the next one is the big one, the side panels which personally I am dreading as I've got no access to a vertical saw to cut with (unless my father in law has one...). However, once done, the rest of it will come together quite rapidly and then I can finally get on with implementing the weapon.

I can only assume that I wasn't selected for Insomnia as I've still not heard back from them so unless there is an event between now and October (such as a social/car park event), the début of The Honey Badger will be at Stevenage.

Pictures to come tonight.