RobotWars101

Looking at the way the front of the robot is designed, the weapon would be entirely ineffective in combat with the bots being so close to the ground. So, we've decided, in an attempt in avoid having to redesign the chassis, to redesign the front plate setup. This should reduce the ground clearance a...

The old integrated speed controller has been entirely removed, cutting the circuitry down to the bear minimum needed to test all the motors. Batteries, through the safety key switch, into the drive motors. Both the drive motors and the weapon motor appear to be fully functioning. So, with a Sabertoo...

I've been looking into different 2.4GHz transmitter/receiver pairs over the past few days and I've come to realise that I lack the ability to realise which controllers would work with PC Plod. The robot works off of effectively tank controls, both wheels forward to go forward, both back for backward...

I do also have a topic on the FRA here: http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/threads ... pgrade-log

Turns out that they're still making the same type of battery that was put into the robot 16 years ago: YUASA NP Series - NP 12-12 Since both myself and the team have effectively no practical experience with combat robotics at this early stage, we've decided that buying the same type of batteries use...

Hi, I'm actually kind of happy that this forum is a bit quieter. As someone completely new to this I don't think I'd be able to handle a barrage of information all at the start. That being said, I likely will have a build log or something over on the FRA forum at some point in the future. Chances ar...

This will serve as an update log for the heavyweight robot PC Plod which I just purchased from the previous owner for £45. That's a full chassis, drive motors, wheels, weapon motor and most of the electronics for a, currently, 67kg robot for £45. Bargain! I will be starting simple by just adding a t...