Team Kaizen - The Honey Badger

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And here we go...

First one is a interior view of the robot. The wooden frame was reinforced with metal brackets and originally was a garden platform with castors on. The whole thing was a bit underpowered as the brand-less motors were more suited to Beetleweights and yes, those are SLAs (a pair of 1.2ah for the drive, a 2.1ah for the weapon motor).

The second one is the shell before painting. The shell was originally a lampshade made out aluminium. I had planned to overlay it possibly with another one or perhaps a garden basket but I ran out of time before Grantham.

The third one is just before it went into the arena at Grantham. I am pretty sure it was the smallest competitor in there when not spinning. (36cm x 36cm x 22cm).

The fourth one is the carnage after the melee. Pretty self explanatory.

The last one is what it looks like at the moment. 20 or so minutes with a hammer and it sort of came back into a dome like shape. The chassis damage was terminal though otherwise it would have entered the last melee on Sunday.

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As for new pictures, there isn't that much to see yet. I decided to forgo a dome/wok for now for a more conventional wedge shape (al a Knightmare) but that doesn't mean I won't try one again. The issue with domes is that because in this case all of it was rounded, it made drilling it a bit of a pain. However, with a wok, they typically have a flat bottom so you could use pillars to the chassis board to mount it centrally.

The other thing with domes is that they not particularly spacious inside which made the internal arrangements tricky to say the least.

Ultimately, I want to get the robot rebuilt in time for Insomnia (has anyone heard from them yet?) but if not, more time then before Robots Live! in Stevenage or any whiteboard matches in the meantime.