So I have been looking into building a bot ever since the reboot of Robot Wars back in 2016. I have done my research and know that it is better to build a lighter weight machine and work up from there should I so wish. My aim is to complete a build of a robot I know I can get to function before I build one to actually fight with I have a few questions in regards to building, most notably, what is the most newbie-friendly way to start:

- What is the best weight class to start with? I would assume either beetleweight or antweight but I am not sure
- What is the simplest weapon to install to make sure that an active weapon system works and I can actually program it?
- Where would be an ideal place to source materials from (transmitters, motors etc.)
- What is a usual budget for building a machine?

Thanks in advance