Why dont they make the flipper shafts ever so slightly lighter, maybe drill a couple of holes here and there and add a lower flatter blade to the flipper.
Why dont they make the flipper shafts ever so slightly lighter, maybe drill a couple of holes here and there and add a lower flatter blade to the flipper.
Oops, just remembered that its a bottom hinged flipper! Doh! Ah well, does someone else what to slap me round the face or should I do it for myself.
Stephen, Matty,
The main reason we couldnt get robots up the flipper was because out tyres were totally worn out. We usually run with 6mm ground clearance but ended up at just over 1mm - no grip and no ground clearnace.
We do almost every live event there is and it takes its tole in wear and tear and unfortunately we didnt have time to fix/replace/straighten Mute ready for RW.
For flipper shafts, we cant really make them any lighter because they will bend. We blow our front flipper out in about 100th of a second so we need all of the strength we can get.
Come to a live event so you can see how different Mute is. Or even better stick a robot in with us and join in the fun
The only robot Ive ever built was a feather and it was old remote control car with a static scoop on the front and an old table leg with nails on sticking out of the back as a full body spinner. Oh, and it was armoured in an old bathtubs fibreglass!
Thats a point, if anyone wants some old fibre glass bathtub for their robot theyll know who to call!
Daniel, may I ask why you chose to build a bottom hinged flipper, as although it makes many robots better at wedging robots against things, it means that you will have more trouble disposin gof them and as Refbot seems to delight in removing robots from the side wall, surely you need something which can actually gat things OOTA. Now, weve seen Firestorm flip a few robots OOTA but more often than not it has to leave them on the side wall.
Aint too sure why we chose that configuration really. When I designed Mute a bottom hinged flipper allowed me to fit everything in much easier. The external armour and chassis is now four years old so way back when it was brand new it was really small. Most people assumed it was a 50Kg middle weight. Even today Mute is still small so I dont think I did too bad a job Also one factor in Mutes design was watching Cassius self right for the time
Have a look at the videos on our website to see the power of Mutes flipper. We can stack things on the arena wall from a couple of meters away or get a bit closer and try to blast them over. It doesnt make too much difference as we usually run at the Roaming Robots arena which stops all OOTAs.
Mute isnt a serious RW robot, its a toy. If we do well at RW & live events then great, otherwise no problem because its all a good laugh to us.
If I wanted a seriously competative bot Id mod our gas system and flipper to ping to robots out from the center of the arena, but as Mute stands I think its pretty damn good
You could always use the rear flipper to get an oota.
Mutes cool
i must agree with u, mute is a very formidable flipper all housed in a tiny chassis. It is so interesting to see how such a small robot is able to compete so well against the rest of the competitors. I dont think the way the flipper is hinged makes much difference to its performance. Well done daniel (and team) on making such a great machine
Thanks for answering my question. If, and when RW finishes will you think of redesigning the robot for the specifications of a live event arena, or are you happy, just to carry on with the same robot?
Matty
Mute isnt a toy
Its a wheelie stunt ramp for Storm II (those who were at Brighton Model World will understand)
For those who dont, imagine an upside Storm II and Mute at full closing speed at a slightly oblique angle
Ed
http://www.stormrobot.comhttp://www.stormrobot.com
I was at Brighton Model World. I dont recall seeing Mute and storm 2 in the same fight...
Hmmmmm...
I did build a featherwieght once. It had a cardboard shell over an RC car and a sellotaped knife on the front. It wasnt very competative though. Shame, it had potentiol
Seriously, I hope to build a REAl featherwieght some day soon, maybe that Zeobot thing from technobots, sounds good.
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