So this has been in the works for a while.
I've been working on this build on and off for about 8 months.
So i'll keep it short. It's a featherweight full pressure flipper.
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CAD was first up. Here a picture of the robot without it's armour, base plate, wheels and basically everything but its bulkheads and flipper setup.
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First step was the pneumatics, then came the cutting out the 6 bulkheads (2 for spares), the inside bulkheads and outside bulkheads are similar to look at are but slightly different. here i was test fitting the gearboxes and drilling the holes to hold the chassis together.
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Here's my DIY 20 ton press I made to bend the base to fit the bulkheads.
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Next up was the vents to cover the tanks for the flipper. This way if it gets really badly damaged basicly half the robot can be swapped out within minutes.
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Next up was the flipper arms and the hardox armour. Hardox was super fun to bend . cleaned up it was ready to paint.
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Next was some 3D printing that holds the LED lights. For the top armour the press did a good job and 2 coats of primer and a few coats of white paint made it look ok.
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After painting I decided I wanted the LEDs to change as the fight go on. (not 100% finished this part yet).
Here is a reveal video of it if you want to have a look

This with be making it debut at Robo Riots in Dublin.

I hope you all like it. Oh and don't worry I asked Gabe from the Tanshe team if I could build this and he gave me the green light to build mini Tanshe.