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Just a weird question is anyone actually excited/intrigued by this robot I'm building.
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ROBOT UPDATE: im currently thinking of a complete redesign and name change. Want to know what it is? you will have to wait....
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I am, and i'm sure many lurkers are interested by what other peoples robots are like, so far i have 2 bots and 2 in development, just not set an event to go to... although i'm going to 'Robot Wars Live' in my home town Portsmouth on Saturday...
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Good luck to you :D .
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A proper computer aided design (well robot arena 2) of what titanomyrma should look like but it would have blue and orange paint. p.s this robot I built on robot arena is called over powered door wedge.
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Elysium 1.4: Antweight Undercutter, built by Team Riptide, Brummie glass cannon edition!
Barracuda: Beetleweight Vert... hates working...
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Isn't it just the worst thing you have ever seen :)
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forgot to mention this I had one of the shockbots nanoweight things before jack the flipper but the aerieal on the transmitter snapped off and I don't think its tournament legal.
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I'm really nervous it's not too long till my planned first event and I don't even have a physical design I'm scared that I don't have the tools it may have to just be superglued as I don't own a glue gun and I don't know what sized drill bit for making holes to mount the motors plus the transmitter isn't even ordered I'm scared I really am. :(
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You'll be all right fam. What event are you going to?
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I wouldn't advise supergluing - it can have bad effects on some plastics (particularly polycarbonate). I wouldn't advise a glue gun either - for a first robot I'd just create most of the structure by folding and bending and use tape to secure panels, and learn from what you see and experience :)

What I've always done with the motor mount holes is make them larger than they need to be (so a 2.5 or 3mm drill bit, assuming the Pololu mounts with random imperial bolts) which allows for the motor positions to be adjusted slightly to keep the robot level - when everything's all tightened up it's extremely solid.
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