My robot design...

[lex]

Not sure if youre serious Jack, but if so theres quite a few problems with the design! Heavyweights have to weigh in at 100Kg for a start. Drills dont really work in practice against modern armour, but in any case all the rotating weapons youve specified would not be allowed to run in either the Roaming Robots or Robots Live arenas at the moment for safety reasons. Also Im afraid itd never turn with that arrangement of wheels and would proabably fall over at the slightest touch too! Interesting looking concept though and dont be put off if you are keen to build. Usually one good (and legal) weapon is a better bet than several weaker ones.

[babeth]

Looks nifty though.

But yes, none of the current arenas in Europe are capable of safely containing spinner robots (robots who have spinning disks for weapons). Were working on it, but dont expect to have an event for heavyweight spinners soon. Drills have been proven to be useless (you need pushing power in order to drill a hole and guess what... your opponent wont oblige you by standing still).

And you have me mightily curious about one other thing: where in the name of all that is holy are you going to put the removable link* ?


*A removable connector that is used to turn the robot off and on and that should be accessible on your robot outside the reach of its weaponry.

[leorcc]

I am always in favor of new robots build, but please keep your weight within the official rules so you can actually use them in our arenas and not hurt your back while moving them around. 100kg is already a pain.

[john]

jack

http://www.robotslive.co.ukwww.robotslive.co.uk
http://www.roamingrobots.co.ukwww.roamingrobots.co.uk

these are companies who go around the uk to put on a show and us roboteers go and fight

the arena isnt able to hold spinners as its a lower spec arena

although http://www.robochallenge.co.ukwww.robochallenge.co.uk have events for featherweights (12kg) and are able to have spinners.

[john]

since its not filmed for TV anymore alot of the popular teams do not compete.

razer attends robochallenge events

and the driver of pussycat is a member of staff at roamingrobots events

[babeth]

The current arenas just arent strong enough to assuredly and certainly contain debris from spinning weapons. It can all be found in the rules and guidelines of the FRA for the roboteers and for the event organisers. See the FRA homepage for these documents. They make for interesting reading.

Robots like Hypnodisc and Pussycat cant compete in the current arenas because they are not allowed to as per the rules. They can enter the fights, but with weapons disabled. Its a pity, but that is the way things are for the moment.

The event organisers are working on better stronger arenas but that involves quite a lot of money, time, and (heavy) materials. And that is why -sadly- building robots with spinning weapons is currently discouraged.

Im not saying your design is a bad one. Its just that as Safety Officer this particular roboteerette is overwhelmingly curious about where you will put the removable link in a robot that frankly bristles with weapons. Im not saying I dislike your design, to tell you the truth when I saw it for a moment I thought it was Christmas time and Santa does exist, but there are practical considerations.