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by MikeNCR
Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:24 am
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Near Chaos Robotics
Replies: 3
Views: 5175

Re: Near Chaos Robotics

It would be a bit of a trip.

Firecracker did fight a bit over a week ago at Maker Faire Orlando. Here's a match with a shell spinner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIVmBsDKYjot=2h54m22s
by MikeNCR
Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:34 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Near Chaos Robotics
Replies: 3
Views: 5175

Near Chaos Robotics

Version 1: https://i.imgur.com/Z5XFvGG.jpg 30:1 Pololu HP's for drive, 150:1 for the lifter Nanotwo for drive, tinyesc for weapon Forks and plow are hand forged from a leaf spring Version 2: https://i.imgur.com/K5FXOSi.jpg 10:1 Pololu HP's for drive, 150:1 for the lifter Nanotwo for drive, tinyesc f...
by MikeNCR
Thu May 14, 2015 9:57 pm
Forum: 2014 AWS Rules Debate
Topic: Dominance of pushers at AWS46
Replies: 116
Views: 170644

Re: Dominance of pushers at AWS46

There's another aspect which no-one as of yet has commented on which is that all three of the arenas Mike linked appear to have thick "barriers" running around the outside of the arena surface. I suppose these serve a similar purpose to the spike strips on the outside of the BattleBots ar...
by MikeNCR
Tue May 12, 2015 3:55 am
Forum: 2014 AWS Rules Debate
Topic: Dominance of pushers at AWS46
Replies: 116
Views: 170644

Re: Dominance of pushers at AWS46

Seeing as a few of you were interested in my arena I figured I'd link to a post I made about it recently on my site- http://nearchaos.net/bringing-an-arena-out-of-retirement/ That post shows a lot of the key features of the box, but doesn't cover everything. Area: ~6ft square Floor: Painted MDF Stru...
by MikeNCR
Mon May 11, 2015 2:01 am
Forum: 2014 AWS Rules Debate
Topic: Dominance of pushers at AWS46
Replies: 116
Views: 170644

Re: Dominance of pushers at AWS46

Saw a question pop up about US events- Yes, many of the US events run a 2 minute time limit for 150g-3lb robots. No, I don't think that the match length is necessarily the big time sink at most events. It's been a while since I've been able to watch an AWS live stream since I'm in the US, but I can ...