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I guess the issue with that proposal is it may increase the number of robots that are signed up for an event, something we may have to think about limiting further in the future if more people want to take part in an AWS. Ha, there's always another issue

Paint can add a surprising amount of weight too, as I've learnt to my cost in the past!

It looks fantastic though, well done. Can't wait to see it do battle.

Yes sir, I just mean because other speed controllers with a built in reciever have a place to plug in a servo but the DasMikro does not so you have to wire it in in the way you suggested

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Yes, that's pretty much it if you're running off a DasMikro for drive. Signal wire to the reciever (usually in the throttle slot, though some use rudder) then the power wires into the battery circuit.

@Antroboteer As usual, I love your passion my friend, but you have to get away from this idea that your opinions are the definitive ones. I disagree with a lot of your interpretations of things, and vice-versa, which is absolutely fine but using terms like "it is plainly clear" and "t...

Thanks Shakey and Lincoln! As I said before, the rule was originally implemented to reward the complex task of building a walker, not to just generally reward any creativity. Creativity and the walker rules are entirely separate issues and don't really involve each other. Don't get me wrong, I think...

No, because the mechanism on, say, Drumbledore translates the circular output of the motor into a walking motion. It is the mechanism that turns it from one to the other. A bristlebot doesn't do that. It has no mechanism, just vibration, which is caused by circular motion. No, it's not a roller, but...

But the final drive output isn't the bristles, it's the motor causing the vibration. The bristles don't 'drive', they are static. Otherwise, that would also definine a hovercraft as a "walker" as the cushion would count as the final output, not the fan...

I agree with you on all that, except the bit that says the walker rule was made to promote unusual designs. It wasn't, it was made to promote the challenge of building a walker, ha. People have talked about building a hovercraft style robot in the past, also a challenge, also not wheels, but not eli...

It's the problem with asking at an event (or on here) and getting a concensus based on the opinion of the room vs what the actual rules say. Most people will answer a question on gut instinct with whatever their opinion is but not actually give it much thought and, in that context, most people will ...