The Zeobot has always been intended to be lauched in May and supplied in five monthly kits of parts.Thus regretfully would never have been ready for the FRA World Championships, hopefully next time.

The shape of the Zeobot is now decided but as Dave suggests, the shell has presented significant manufacturing problems.The chassis is solid ali and is not a problem.A prototype shell is being manufactured and I hope to see a fully functioning prototype with 3 weeks.

The kit is targeted at newcomers and offers many opportunities to improve performance.Hopefully many of these newcomers will get the bug like the rest of us and continue with either featherweights or even heavyweights.

I intend to build a number of Zeobots with differing weapons to show what can be achieved using the basic platform.

The standard Zeobot will be 4 wheel drive (4 motors), solid ali chassis, 2 piece fibreglass body, pneumatic front hinged lifter (using on-board compressor), srimech, approx 10kg with lifter, 8kg without, all electronics etc.All you need to add is the RC receiver and transmitter.Total cost will be £395 incl VAT (in 5 monthly installments), ordering on-line will be from mid May but it is possible to order from the Zeobot leaflet now.If anyone would like a leaflet, Email me with your full address and I will send you one.

Regards

Paul
paul@technobots.co.uk