Building my first robot /W Design Idea.

**Laser** · 19th August 2010, 19:54

You realise that if you have a spinner on your robot you can only enter 2 events a year

**AbundantToast** · 19th August 2010, 19:54

I live in harlow which is about 30 minutes from london.

**Laser** · 19th August 2010, 19:57

It's got nothing to do where you live it's only that theres one arena in the country that can take spinners (you have a drum spinner on the front of your robot by the looks of it) and that arena only does 2 events in the year.

**AbundantToast** · 19th August 2010, 19:58

Only two events? Well... what about an axe? Or even maybe a pneumatic driven spike?

**Laser** · 19th August 2010, 19:59

an axe is good or you can have a flipper/lifter but a pneumatic driven spike, I dont know...

**razerdave** · 19th August 2010, 20:01

For a cheap but effective spinner motor, a pair of Speed 900 motors work well. For an example of what they do, look up some 2009 videos of Drumroll.

Axes are a bit easier to make and can be used at all events around the country. Pneumatic spikes are largely ineffective against modern armour.

I asked about where you live because even with only 2 spinner-capable events per year, you would be well advised to attend an event nearby (or indeed any event) to get some information and examples directly from the sources.

**razerdave** · 19th August 2010, 20:07

Having looked it up, I would say your 2 nearest events would be Brentwood in Essex and Maidstone in Kent. Maidstone is coming up in November, details can be found on the Roaming Robots website.