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Can someone check this please?
Whats the aluminium in the stats for?
Looks quite good apart from that, bit Biohazardish.
with 2x LEM200s ur gonna be overweight at that size
Could I make it any smaller, or would drilling loads holes in the arm do the trick?
OK, Ive been thinking about my walking robot idea a little bit more.
1: I intend my walking mechanism to be like Clawed Hopper, or Gammatron. Regardless of whether that counts as a walker these days, what do you reckon would be needed to power it?
2: Weaponary is a big issue here. I have two ideas here...either a flywheel of some description, or a large overhead spinning bar (a bit like Gammatron). Any thoughts?
3: What would be good protection for keeping robots away? Im currently thinking of a cage, a bit like Tornados, but smaller, just so its difficult to flip over, but Im not sure if that will be easily workable. Any hints? I considered skirts, but I didnt think thatd be practical with the bouncy behaviour.
I know this sounds silly, but Id like to have at least one unusual robot in my team.
Youd just need two motors, I think, one to power each rim...for weaponry, you could go the MDU route and go for an outer shell spinner, but thatd just be MDU :P
Either way, go for something spinny since I cant see it being able to self right very well, and the gyro forces should resist flipping. As for protection, if you had a big spinning thing around the perimeter of your robot thatd be protection enough
If you really want something unusual, I could always give you Brown Trousers Time - a physics-defying time-warp-creating spinner is pretty unusual by anyones standards
Actually, youd just need one motor to power it, although the question of how youre going to steer has struck me.
Again, for steering, I plan to use, once more, a Clawed Hopper/Gammatron style of turning. Basically, a little turning mechanism so it can turn on the spot.
Right. And youre aware that all this will leave almost no weight for armour and not be classed as a walker?
Hang on, Im a little confused...since when? And for that matter, what WOULD make it a walker? Maybe if, instead of one big walking mechanism, I had two mini-mechanisms? That would allow it to turn.
(Message edited by Dinowarrior on May 12, 200
(Message edited by Dinowarrior on May 12, 200
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