Bandsawed and jigsawed and (some) of the edges given a little finishing with a belt sander.
Its not entirely original - My main inspiration probably being Mantis - (the one that entered RW a long while ago built by the team that sold their second edition of the machine to Adrian as you say).
battlebots machine complete control springs to mind to, not because of the look, they are very different, but the way the work.
as i say, cant wait to see it run
Nice to see a great hand built machine well done ewan. The hard work and time gives you a much better feeling when you do it yourself than just haveing it machined.
Wow ewan - thats *seriously* impressive !
Ed
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Have to agree there James, its almost an extension of your own being (as someone I cant remember mustve said a long while ago).
Cheers Ed
Testing has almost finished - Ill try to get the vid (and pics) up this evening!
Lack of rear armour and imminent overweightness (I havent a clue what it is atm...) will mean itll be whiteboards only this weekend, but Farnborough should be the finished article.
Here we go:
http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/videos/vertigo2_test.wmvhttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/videos/vertigo2_test.wmv
Sorry about all the stopping and starting - the bot didnt do that (at least when it wasnt getting wedged atop plant pots!) but the camera isnt really a video camera and as such can only take ~15 secs at a time.
Now to get packed for tomorrow...
Yay, video
Looks even better when its in action.
Is there a great deal of force on the claw or just enough to grip another bot?
looks like not much. guessing arount 10-15kg max.
only ewan knows at the moment though
Overloaded a 5kg kitchen scale with the tip hehe, dont know beyond that though - something should break before it gets to ~15kg. Its a blunt tip claw only designed for grabbing and taking advantage of little crevaces in the other bot. Both the lifting thingie and claw aid in selfrighting though as both can seemingly lift the weight of the thing (though at the moment the claw is ~2cm short of making it go right over - gaffer will sort that).
Anyways, better be off.
Looks great on the vid ewan!
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