Team Kaizen - Kaizen

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So a bit of a sea change. I really did need the time off from building this thing, just having The Honey Badger and Shu! plus all the ants and BotFest has really taken it out of me. I came back to it just before BotFest and decided to stop making this and start again. I wasn't happy with the overall build quality of the thing and having seen Voodoo's bodywork, it would have been a lumbering mess by comparison.

So this time around, taking a little inspiration from the likes of Griffon, I've made the robot shorter in all directions and gone for polycarbonate panels this time, likely make 12mm thick on the top and 10mm at the bottom (recycled from the original attempt). 4mm thick steel box section make up the "chassis" of the thing and will likely not paint it in an attempt to make look junkyard chic. :P The main body, discounting the wheels, is 66mm tall. Same sort of build methodology, massive bolts will hold the top and bottom panels together through the box section for compression fitting.

Been making new motor mounts and learning lessons from The Honey Badger 3.0, these are far stronger. Two are done (save for a bit of trimming) and two are on the way. I've also recycled the axe from The Honey Badger 2.2 as that never saw any action in Manchester. I've weighted the head a bit more and will reinforce it with stuff from the original attempt at Kaizen soon enough. I have a CIM motor around so what I'll do is make some side panels for the wheels for protection and then use the left over from that to make an external axe mount to sit on top of the robot.

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