Robot Arena 2-Roaming Robots AI Pack!

[widow_twanky]

Luke has RA2. We have been tryong to rig up on of the 35MHz controllers to it for which we have a USB lead to see if we can get to driving the robots with the tx on screen. Not had much joy but then again have not had much time to look at it.

BOOM! is to be honest a bit of a practice session with a welder. So its just a box. Dead easy to make in RA2. Cylon is more about getting the geomatry right.

Yes we did get SMIDSY from the guys that built it. Getting a nice makeover but the original body will be on it for the weekend.

Andy

[teamhunt]

Okay.
Getting the controller to plug into the computer so you can controll your robots on there like you would in real life, SOMEONE CALL DRAGONS DEN!
If i could see the new make-over when i go to the event, then ill make that design instead of the old one.
Will he be fighting?
A plain box should be easy to make, ill take pictures of different angles for the skin.
Have you made any of your robots on RA2?
Ive made Hunter a few times.
Its hard trying to get 4 motors and batteries in a lightweight...
Made the D1 and D4 designs, D being for design.
If your going to the Colchester event next year, hope to have a fight with BOOM! or Cylon, as Hunter should be done by then.

[widow_twanky]

Matt,

The makeover of SMIDSY will be very much internal and armour. Also well be making some interchangeable plates for the back where the spinner is (As we cant use the spinner we may as well have something else - but leave it so we can put the spinner back on).

If we get round to soldering all the fets and capacitors back onto Hydras old Roboteq the itll be fighting (So thats a no then!!)

Andy

[teamhunt]

Ohh, i love Hydra... :-(
Just had a McDonalds at a service station.
I thought you where going to give SMIDSY a makeover outside, sorry!
You could make a spike plate on the back of SMIDSY, or make a ramplate like they have in RA2 (It wouldnt work anyway!)
Make a plate and weld tons of spikes at the back?
Oh, heres a fairly good idea, make a plate at the back, far away from the disc, then, take the teeth off of the disc (if possible) then make an axle type thing on the disc, attatch a rod to it, cut a slot out of the back plate, make the rod go through the slot, then attatch a spike the back, then, when you fire the disc, it should make a proding spike! (like the weapon on Ruff Ruff Dougle, if you can call it a weapon!) ;-)
Theyr some ideas, but its what you want!

[widow_twanky]

Seeeing how Hydra can push stuff around with 4wd and 36V I thought that a sensible addition.

The electronics in Smidsy were an absolute work of art. Wonderful and very well put together. Nowadays you can put most of it on one circuit board though and do away with all the interface expecially using a roboteq with on board mixing and failsafes etc so its all coming out which is a shame.

[teamhunt]

Hmm, not going to good then i take it...
Stupid traffic, Drive 1.5 miles then take 3rd exit sat-nav says, you just want to get us in more traffic, dont you, sat-nav!?
Sorry, im REALLY bored, the thing says we should be arriving at the premire inn in 2 hours, it said that 1 hour ago!

[kodster]

quote:

Youll have to send me the maps that you use for the bodies of your robots.I hope these will do...

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/ZlayerzInc/CurseOfDreadShadedViewport.jpghttp://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...dedViewport.jp g
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/ZlayerzInc/SeungMinaVShadedViewport.jpghttp://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...edViewport.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/ZlayerzInc/TheZodiacShadedViewport.jpghttp://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...edViewport.jpg

If not...sorry. :sad:

[teamhunt]

I meant the texture that you use on the different sides.
The swirly pattern.

[kodster]

Ah. That is complicated, that is. You see, I used many different texturing settings in the Rhino program, so Im sorry but the colours are not all one image. :sad:

If you want, I can e-mail you a lot of the different texture maps and you can try and work it out from there, plus I can give you the steps as to how I made them, if you have also have Rhino yourself.

[teamhunt]

No, i dont have Rhino...
Well, if you dont mind, i could make a new paint job for your robots, with the name on them, that would be better for us all.
Where do you get that pogramme anyway?
Is it expensive like 3D Studio Max? (£200)